jury-nullification
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6221 | Hugo Chavez Valdivias v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2025-11-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights jury-nullification jury-trial sentencing-consequences sixth-amendment verdict-power | Does the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial guarantee a jury informed of its power to return a verdict against the law and the facts? Does the Six… |
| 19-1447 | Yehudi Manzano v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-07-01 | Denied | Amici (1) | 18-usc-3731 circuit-split criminal-appeals-act criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction jurisdictional-basis jury-nullification mandamus writ-of-mandamus | 1. Whether the United States may seek a writ of mandamus in a criminal case to bring an interlocutory appeal that is not permitted by 18 U.S.C. § 3731… |
| 19-7021 | Otis Hunter and Deshawn Evans v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-12-19 | Denied | IFP | bias confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination jury-instructions jury-nullification mandatory-minimum nullification sentencing sixth-amendment witness-cooperation | Whether the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause is violated when a court bars a defendant from eliciting the mandatory minimum sentence a prosecution… |
| 18-200 | Michigan v. Charles Damon Jones | Michigan | 2018-08-15 | Denied | Response Waived | appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inconsistent-verdicts judicial-discretion jury-confusion jury-instructions jury-nullification jury-verdict jury-verdicts legal-standard new-trial sufficiency-of-evidence trial-procedure verdict-inconsistency | Irreconcilable jury verdicts are not grounds for relief, and courts are not to speculate as to why a jury returned an inconsistent verdict. Respondent… |