junk-science

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-6039 Stanley Blair Hill v. Tennessee Tennessee 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process expert-testimony junk-science scientific-evidence strickland-prejudice Question not identified.
19-5839 Randall Wayne Mays v. Texas Texas 2019-09-05 Denied IFP competency cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty delusions due-process eighth-amendment ford-hearing junk-science lay-stereotypes mental-competency mental-illness panetti-v-quarterman 1. May a state court rely on junk science and lay stereotypes of the severely mentally ill to adjudicate a Ford claim ? 2. If an inmate acknowledges …
18-744 Mark Unger v. David Bergh, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel junk-science sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment guarantee of effective assistance of counsel is violated when counsel fails to expose junk science that sends his client t…
25A335 In Re Blaine Milam Denied actual-innocence death-penalty eighth-amendment forensic-evidence intellectual-disability junk-science Question not identified.