| 25-5563 |
Joseph Lee Smith v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2025-09-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-review manslaughter post-trial-motions sentencing specific-intent writ-application |
WHETHER THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED
PETITIONER'S WRIT APPLICATION FILED ON DIRECT APPEAL AND
THE CLAIM THAT PETITIONER POSSESSE… |
| 22-7346 |
John G. Calhoun v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-04-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process estelle-v-mcguire habeas-corpus jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-precedent lisenba-v-california manslaughter trial-fairness |
Whether the inaccurate jury instruction on Manslaughter by Act so infused
the trial with unfairness as to deny the Petitioner's right to Due Process o… |
| 22-5332 |
Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2022-08-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court |
DID THE LOUISIANA STATE SUPREME COURT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL U.S.
14TH AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION "EQUAL PROTECTION " OF
LAW GUARANTEES WHEN… |
| 21-6974 |
Alfredo Gonzalez v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction |
Connecticut |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
accessory-liability burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms jury-determination manslaughter sentencing |
Does Connecticut's statutory scheme of accessory to manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm violate Due Process, in that it allows for an incr… |
| 20-7963 |
Lugene L. Scott v. Neil Turner, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-05-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felonious-assault fifth-amendment manslaughter sentencing time-served |
Is the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution violated when a defendant is denied credit for time served when… |
| 20-491 |
Sandy Perez Hernandez v. Texas |
Texas |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
|
capital-murder criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter texas-law |
1. Does the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy clause bar conviction for intentional injury to a child following acquittal for capital murder, but conv… |
| 19-6923 |
Adrian Alaniz v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-violation due-process harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence justifiable-homicide manslaughter prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment self-defense standard-of-review |
I. Where the evidence tended to favor a verdict of justifiable homicide or a lesser verdict of manslaughter, has Petitioner presented a "debatable " i… |
| 19-6621 |
Jaquan Walters v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter |
Does "imperfect self-defense," which mitigates murder to voluntary manslaughter where the defendant "intend[ed] to use deadly force in the unreasonabl… |
| 18-7904 |
Spassky Alcequiecz v. Kelly A. Ryan, Warden |
First Circuit |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter manslaughter-instruction sixth-amendment |
WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED HIS CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL, DUE TO INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE
COUNSEL'S ABANDONEMENT ON A MANSLAUGHTER
OF … |
| 18-7906 |
Johnny Flores v. Texas |
Texas |
2019-02-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process lesser-included-offense manslaughter prosecutorial-vindictiveness retaliation |
Question not identified. |
| 18-361 |
Lael J. Alleyne v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
2018-09-19 |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process imperfect-self-defense jury-instructions manslaughter self-defense supreme-court-pennsylvania trial-court-error voluntary-manslaughter |
Whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania erred in denying a Petition for Allowance of Appeal despite the trial court's improper exclusion of voluntar… |
| 18-5700 |
Jerry Docaj v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions manslaughter miranda-rights passion-provocation sixth-amendment |
Mr. Docaj seeks leave to appeal the following issues:
1) Whether the jury instruction on passion/provocation manslaughter misstated the law, unconsti… |
| 18-5355 |
Del Ray Sanders v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
accidental-death criminal-procedure criminally-negligent-homicide due-process homicide-charges jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses manslaughter standard-of-review texas-penal-code trial-court-discretion unreasonable-application-of-federal-law |
Petitioner Sanders, contends the Ninth Appellate District Court, Cause # 09-10-00047--CR, Beaumont, Texas, Erred by ruling the Trial Court of Polk Cou… |