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25-6972 Michael Donell Glover v. Texas Texas 2026-03-06 Pending IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction due-process false-evidence jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Is it a due process violation for a conviction to stand based on misleading and false evidence?? Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals apply an …
24-6588 In Re Lancey Darnell Ray 2025-02-19 Denied IFP autopsy-determination due-process forensic-pathology insufficiency-of-evidence jackson-v-virginia medical-examiner 1st QUESTION PRESENTED Whether state experts ' failure to apply a reliable method to forensic pathology investigations, as required by state procedur…
24-6393 Shamichael Antonio Pearson v. Louisiana Louisiana 2025-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-standard-of-proof identity-evidence jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the evidence was sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia to prove beyond a reasonable doubt Mr. Pearson identify as the perpetrator.
24-721 Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas Texas 2025-01-10 Denied absurdity-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law jackson-v-virginia statutory-interpretation Whether Texas courts are applying the "absurdity doctrine" in a manner that violates due process? Whether Jackson v. Virginia tolerates inferences ba…
24-5368 Joseph Roach v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability criminal-conviction due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-unanimity sixth-circuit WAS MR. ROACH DENIED THE UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICT REQUIRED BY KENTUCKY LAW WHEN HE WAS TRIED UNDER A THEORY THAT HE ACTED ALONE, AND INDEPENDENTLY, BUT …
24-5270 Patrick Douglas Johnson v. Texas Texas 2024-08-08 Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-review due-process evidence-sufficiency jackson-v-virginia witness-identification QUESTION No. 1: Whether the use of selective evidence is an impermissible divide and conquer strategy for evaluating the sufidiciency of the evidence…
23-7613 Tre' Anthony James v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-06-03 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process factual-sufficiency jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia law-of-the-case legal-sufficiency new-trial Is it reversible error when an appellate court overturns a trial court's grant of a new trial when, first, the decision to grant or deny a motion for …
23-6862 Yasser AbdelHaq v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts jackson-v-virginia judicial-review state-courts substantive-review Whether the Petitioner's Federal Constitutional Right to Due Process of Law Was Violated When His Jackson v. Virginia Claim Was Not Substantively Revi…
23-6679 Quaysean Tikii Williams v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-02-06 Denied IFP conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence firearm jackson-v-virginia robbery sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the evidence was sufficient under Jackson v. Virginia, 99 S.Ct. 2781 (1979), to support petitioner's conviction for conspiracy to commit robbe…
23-6630 Terry L. Terry v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia molestation sexual-assault statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence victim-testimony Did the state court unreasonably apply Jackson v. Virginia when it determined that evidence presented at trial was sufficient to sustain Terry's convi…
23-6599 Devon Blevins v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure first-degree-murder insufficiency-of-evidence jackson-v-virginia standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the court of appeals failed to correctly apply the standard of review for claims of insufficiency of evidence to support conviction of a crime…
23-6141 Arthur Grady v. Charles Truitt, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-instructions special-verdict strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-powell During Petitioner Arthur Grady's murder trial, the State pursued a single theory of guilt: Grady shot and killed the victim. The jury explicitly rejec…
23-5966 Jonathan Ericksen v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal rule-29 standard-of-review At the close of the government's evidence at his jury trial for Attempted Enticement of a Minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), Petitioner Erick…
23-5808 Rodney Jennings v. Shawn Phillips, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability doyle-rule doyle-v-ohio habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency strickland-test strickland-v-washington Did the court of appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability and in evaluating petitioner's claim under Jackson v. Virginia, Doyle v. Ohio, …
23-5654 Daquail Ramon Johnson v. Virginia Virginia 2023-09-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence virginia In Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), this Court held that the Due Process Clause requires the following standard of review for appellate claim…
23-5233 Randall Lamont Sanders v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-07-28 Denied IFP 14th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process insufficiency-of-evidence jackson-v-virginia oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals standard-of-review supremacy-clause supreme-court-standard (1) Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals failed to apply this Court's standard for insufficiency of evidence as described in Jackson v. Virg…
22-7344 Oscar Jesus Salais v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder evidence-sufficiency habeas habeas-corpus jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review ninth-circuit sufficiency-of-evidence summary-reversal In this federal habeas case, petitioner Oscar Salai s challenge s his California convictions on three counts of attempted murder, all premised on one …
22-7145 Abdullah Khabir Yusuf v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process in-re-winship jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence The question presented is whether a federal court of appeals reviewing a defendant's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convi…
22-7018 Michael Wright v. Contra Costa County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-court-denial heck-v-humphrey jackson-v-virginia Jackson-v-Virginia-standard section-1983 state-court-invalidation state-tribunal unlawful-conviction 1. In applying Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), to a unlawful conviction in a Title 42 § 1983 civil action, can the federal court deny the suit …
22-6874 Anael Sainfil v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP body-armor-enhancement due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona sixth-amendment 1. May this Court's decision in 99, S. Ct. 2781, 61 LED 2d 560 443 U.S. 3079 Jackson v. Virginia as to what constitutes insufficient evidence be app…
22-6863 Christopher Lynn Gonzales v. Susan Washburn, Superintendent, Eastern Washington Correctional Facility Ninth Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254-d-1 due-process forcible-compulsion habeas-corpus in-re-winship jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt state-court-review supreme-court-law unreasonable-factual-determinations Could reasonable jurists debate whether, under the Due Process Clause standards set out in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), and In re Winship…
22-6311 Massey L. Allen, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska 2022-12-15 Denied IFP criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights post-miranda-silence reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether there was sufficient evidence adduced at trial to convict Petitioner of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt under this Court's holding …
22-5908 Giles McGhee v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment in-re-winship ineffective-assistance jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that Mr. McGhee was denied his right to Due Process of Law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to t…
22-5909 Timmy Doucet v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-material criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the evidence presented during trial was insufficient to convict Doucet of Aggravated Rape beyond a reasonab…
22-5110 Onterio Dimitri Brown v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2022-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence jackson-v-virginia standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent PLULE 2201 ve stole grsnneis le Culeye Cnlulaeal_uaulans my Question Two? Hes the Supreme Cour) overturned Jackson —v. Vitginim 443 U.§ O7 G) 1 Ed ad…
22-5027 Justin D. Bennett v. Texas Texas 2022-07-05 Denied IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-protections constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia out-of-court-statements sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Wheather the due process standard recognized in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979) constitutionally protects an accused against out-of-cour…
22-5019 Amber Renee Guyger v. Texas Texas 2022-07-01 Denied IFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency mistake-of-fact self-defense 1. Under the legal sufficiency standard of Jackson v. Virginia, does a court violate due process by concluding that self-defense and mistake-of-fact a…
21-8218 Ramik Banks v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict due-process federal-appellate-review habeas-corpus jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia legal-precedent standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence third-circuit Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit entered a dicision in this case that conflicts with its decision in Travillion v. Sup…
21-7384 Joseph Valchez Laue v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence constitutional-sufficiency criminal-evidence due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-verdict legal-standard lsa-r.s.-15-438 rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt state-burden-of-proof trier-of-fact 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the jury's verdict as to Count One should be reversed as the evidence against Mr. Lane was constitutionally…
21-6720 Ali Al-Maqablh v. Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky Sixth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa appellate-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mixed-question state-law i. When enacted the AEDPA, did Congress intend to grant habeas petitioners, who surmount AEDPA's strict standards, a complete habeas relief, or just t…
21-5837 Carlos Amezcua v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review child-molestation corpus-delicti due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia state-court-decision Can appellant be convicted of three charges of child molestation when the testimony received in trial was totally and materially different than the th…
21-475 Deanna Brookhart, Warden v. Kenneth Smith Seventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2254 appellate-review evidence-sufficiency evidence-weighing federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-court-deference Respondent Kenneth Smith has been tried and convicted on three separate occasions for Raul Briseno's murder. During the last two trials, the jury hear…
21-5656 Omar Cebrero v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process felony-murder jackson-v-virginia jury-finding major-participant special-circumstance sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the state court's determination that there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's special circumstance finding that Petitioner was a "m…
21-269 Anthony Carter v. Texas Texas 2021-08-24 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) controlled-substances criminal-conviction drug-possession jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia molecular-structure statutory-interpretation sufficiency-analysis technical-elements In a sufficiency analysis under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), may a reviewing court uphold a conviction where the offense is defined by te…
21-5377 Alexander Ascencio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied IFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence watson-v-state WHETHER THE LOWER COURT DENIED PETITIONER DUE PROCESS, WHEN THE COURT DID NOT CONSIDERED THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ON THIS CASE WHICH WAS A CRUC…
20-8355 Jason Kyle Gee v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jackson-v-virginia jury-deliberations racial-bias standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence verdict-challenge Question not identified.
20-7852 John Elmer v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process in-re-winship jackson-v-virginia sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Reasonable jurists would determine that the State failed to meet the stringent burden of proof as established by Jackson v. Virginia and In re: Win…
20-7676 Aaron Orlando Richards v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia motion-for-bill-of-particulars motion-to-suppress reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence This is a principal to second degree robbery case based, almost exclusively, on questionable circumstantial evidence that ended in a life sentence for…
20-7636 Marcus Anthony Barnes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice false-information false-testimony government-misconduct ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia judicial-proceedings motion-to-vacate procedural-default Mr. Barnes case raises a pressing issue of national importance: Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates false testimony on th…
20-1216 Faysal Khalaf v. Ford Motor Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia jury-findings seventh-amendment sixth-amendment 1. Whether the sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard under the Sixth Amendment, as established by the Court in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979)…
20-7200 Michael Burciaga v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa criminal-procedure due-process gang-evidence habeas-corpus jackson-v-virginia ninth-circuit premeditation standard-of-review Under California law, premeditation requires more than just intent to kill; it requires "careful thought," as a "deliberate judgment or plan," carried…
20-7086 Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-interpretation cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus hearsay jackson-v-virginia sixth-circuit-review suspension-clause Whether the Sixth Circuit erred when it applied a death penalty sentencing Strickland review, in a non death penalty case, raising an actual innocence…
20-6680 Darryl Taylor v. Timothy E. Buchanan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jackson-v-virginia standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified.
20-5171 Cedric Watkins v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied IFP constitutional-rights credibility-of-witnesses due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-sufficiency fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment witness-credibility This case presents two important nationwide issues. The first issue concerns an inappropriate application of a U.S. Supreme Court precedent and whethe…
20-5070 Joaquin Shadow Rams v. Virginia Virginia 2020-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia sufficiency-of-evidence virginia In Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), this Court held that the Due Process Clause requires the following standard of review for appellate claim…
19-1472 Phillip Antonio Davis v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied character-evidence conspiracy conspiracy-theory criminal-defense criminal-procedure-evidence-admissibility due-process evidence-exclusion excessive-force jackson-v-virginia judicial-review relevance right-to-present-defense standard-of-review trial-procedure 1. Whether the exclusion of evidence deemed necessary by Petitioner to present a complete defense and to combat the State's theory of guilt could be r…
19-8338 Charles P. Mayeux, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-04-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-amendments criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia jury-trial non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment Whether a conviction based upon a non-unanimous verdict violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution? Whethe…
19-8337 Jermaine Ruffin v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-04-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-verdict non-unanimous-jury sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Petitioner was constitutionally entitled to a unanimous jury under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constituti…
19-8323 William George Coodey v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-21 Denied IFP consent criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process factual-innocence jackson-v-virginia rape sixth-amendment 1. Whether DNA testing that would undermine an alleged rape victim's testimony denying consent to sexual intercourse would create sufficient uncertain…
19-7775 Rande Brian Isabella v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review circumstantial-evidence conflict-among-circuits criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-18-usc-2251a due-process evidence evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-procedure sexting statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether if was prejudicial error for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by disreg…
19-7750 Russell Patrick Brown v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-degree-murder constitutional-due-process constitutional-violation conviction criminal-conviction due-process insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia jury-instruction premeditation self-defense supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether it's a U.S. constituion Due Process violation proscribed by this court in Jackson v. Virginia, for Mr. Brown's 1st degree murder convictio…
19-7431 Brandon J. Lofland v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus identification-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-trial miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default state-procedural-rules sufficiency-of-evidence Did the Court of Appeals decide an important federal question -- whether a "mere modicum" of evidence is sufficient to sustain the conviction -- in a …
19-7273 Pablo Rodriguez-Palomino v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault due-process essential-elements fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-evidence sufficiency-of-evidence Whether evidence that is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant is guilty of crimes, and inadequate when judged under the st…
19-7284 Bobby Y. Wallace, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-01-14 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment federalism gross-disproportionality habitual-offender insufficient-evidence jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review no-evidence proportionality-review sentencing state-court-decisions The Supreme Court of Louisiana has a demonstrable, decades-long history of substituting in word and deed a "no evidence" standard for the "insufficien…
19-7016 Matthew Terrell v. C. Armant, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied IFP 14th-amendment assault certificate-of-appealability criminal-appeal due-process jackson-v-virginia oral-copulation substantial-evidence Should a certificate of appealability be granted to review whether there was a violation of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 317 and the Due Process…
19-6947 Reinaldo Rodriguez-Martinez v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia jury-instructions rico rico-conspiracy-statute rico-enterprise sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-turkette 1. In United States v. Turkette , 452 U.S. 576 (1981) , this Court first held , in a RICO conspiracy case, 18 U SC §1962 (d), that the statute applies…
19-6478 Abdul King Garba, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony jackson-v-virginia kumho-tire ninth-circuit restitution sufficiency-of-evidence sufficient-evidence supreme-court-precedent weight-vs-admissibility 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit Memorandum conflicted with this Court's decisions (e.g., Kumho Tire) regarding whether unreliability of an expert's testi…
19-5919 Marlon Romaine Carter v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-possession criminal-conviction due-process felon-in-possession fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether the State of Louisiana misapplied Jackson v. Virginia sufficiency of evidence test when holding, to the contrary, the evidence was sufficie…
19-5860 T'Challa Rhashaed Washington v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP conflict-among-circuits court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jackson-virginia-standard judicial-review legal-standard standard-of-review strickland-washington-standard A: WHETHER THE DISTRICT STATE COURT OF APPEALS RENDERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH DECISIONS OF THIS COURT AND OTHER COURTS OF APPEALS, WHEN UNREASON…
19-5802 Travis Wade Matthews v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process identification jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia mccoy-v-louisiana victim-identification witness-identification I. In a case where the identity of the person who brandished a gun is central to the case, is the choice of whether to ask for DNA testing of the gun,…
19-5296 Ozzie Davis v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-v-us criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial-rights jackson-v-virginia prosecutorial-misconduct state-trial sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent third-degree-murder WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT'S DENIAL ON DIRECT REVIEW OF THE CHALLENGE TO THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER'S CON…
19-5144 David R. Uribe v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment certificate-of-appealability due-process gang-evidence habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia underlying-charges Should a certificate of appealability be granted to review whether there was a violation of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 317 and the Due Process…
19-5007 Jonathan Paul Sikes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia juvenile-offender reasonable-doubt sexual-offenses standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-credibility Question #1: The Northern District Court reasoned that because K.S. told ' other people (speculating what K.S. told other witnesses ), "there was ab…
18-9817 Deterryon Tyrell Kelly v. Texas Texas 2019-06-26 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-standard inference-stacking jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency speculative-evidence sufficiency sufficiency-of-evidence CAN EVIDENCE MEET THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY STANDARD OF JACKSON V. VIRGINIA IF THE EVIDENCE RELIED UPON FOR CONVICTION IS PRIMARILY SPECULATIVE AND INFERE…
18-9678 Binika L. Hankton v. Frederick Boutte, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,evidence,jackson-v- evidence evidence-sufficiency fifth-amendment fourth-amendment jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Is a conviction constitutionally suspect when the evidence used to convict does not meet the standards of Jackson? 2. Is a conviction constitution…
18-8392 Obinna Obiora v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence 1. When the evidence that links a defendant to a charged drug conspiracy is based on his participation in an isolated series of alleged transactions w…
18-8280 Darrell J. Williams v. Cecilia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP blakely-v-washington circumstantial-evidence due-process fifth-circuit jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified.
18-8132 Anthony D. Phillips v. Bonita Hoffner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adjudication-on-the-merits AEDPA aedpa-standards constitutional-error due-process evidence-sufficiency ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia plain-error plain-error-review sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence During Petitioner Anthony D. Phillips state appellate court proceedings., the appellate panel addressed several constitutional errors and determined t…
18-1049 Peter M. Hoffman, et al. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Amici (3) criminal-law-fraud criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal criminal-procedure-burden-of-proof criminal-procedure-sufficiency-of-evidence due-process evidence evidentiary-standard jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal mail-fraud prosecutorial-burden regulatory-ambiguity standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud 1. Whether a federal court must grant a motion for judgment of acquittal when, construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, …
18-6935 Joshua Donald Ewing v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-transaction due-process electronic-device-evidence evidence jackson-v-virginia registration standard-of-proof user-identification Whether this Court's Opinion in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979) needs updating to address what constitutes sufficient evidence, in ident…
18-6703 David Richard Trimble v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-rape Confrontation-Clause criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment Statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence Reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether the evidence was insufficient to find David Trimble guilty of four counts of Aggravated Rape beyond…
18-6538 Steven Bernard Sydnor v. Kevin Hampton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fair-trial jackson-v-virginia miranda-rights miranda-warning sufficiency-of-evidence Claim 1. Whether defendant's Constitution 5th and 14th Amendment rights were violated by the trial court denial of defendant's Motion to Suppress stat…
18-5806 Edwin David Corbett v. Washington Washington 2018-08-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence jackson-v-virginia post-conviction-relief statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence time-limitation This Court's precedent in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), and Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1 (1963), controls as follows: 1. The alleged victi…
18-5604 Joe Fidel Flores v. W. L. Montgomery, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-expert-testimony jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Under the standard clearly established by this Court in Jackson v. Virginia, can a rational juror find an essential fact beyond a reasonable doubt bas…
18-5324 Anastasio N. Laoutaris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1030 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process due-process evidence fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal malicious-code perjury perjury-standard reasonable-doubt sentencing strickland-standard sufficiency-of-evidence Has the Fifth Circuit erred and its decision is in conflict with this Court's holding in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d …