new-trial-motion

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25-5917 Thomas Avery Drum v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-authority judicial-discretion new-trial-motion rule-33 weight-of-evidence When a criminal defendant files a timely motion for a new trial under Rule 33(b)(2), what is the scope of the district court's authority to grant a ne…
23-6494 Lewis Dean Armstrong v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split competency-standard competency-to-assist-counsel due-process excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure new-trial-motion pioneer-factors pioneer-investment-services-co-v-brunswick-associa rule-33 This petition is concerned with the denial of a new trial motion under Rule 33(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, filed well after the …
23-5648 Frank Nucera, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing juror-misconduct jury-deliberations new-trial new-trial-motion racial-bias third-circuit-court voir-dire 1. Did the Third Circuit err by upholding the denial of Petitioner's motion for new trial or an evidentiary hearing based on juror affidavits which es…
23-5013 Brian Jury v. Ohio Ohio 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP brady brady-violation civil-rule-60b due-process evidence evidence-suppression indigent-defendant new-trial new-trial-motion possession suppression This case poses a pressing issue of national importance. Did the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals impose an improper and unduly burdensome standar…
21-1319 Mark Nordlicht and David Levy v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Amici (1) credibility criminal-procedure discretion district-court-discretion evidence-weighing federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure jury-verdict new-trial new-trial-motion rule-33 standard-of-review witness-credibility Whether district courts have discretion to weigh the evidence, including the credibility of witnesses, when deciding to grant a new trial under Rule 3…
21-7067 Kimmie Dwayne Baker v. Arizona Arizona 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-review criminal-procedure due-process electronic-surveillance evidence exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct government-response judicial-procedure new-trial new-trial-motion surveillance 1. Shola the Inoldina of Uritted States Ve Elbechnact SYe le. VL (2005), " thak im his Case Coovermment Vieo\eeready bo Yespond, and Yor Contest Whe m…
20-1644 Devon Archer v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Amici (1) appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-weighing federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure jury-discretion jury-verdict miscarriage-of-justice new-trial new-trial-motion second-circuit Does Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33(a) afford district courts discretion to reweigh the evidence when evaluating a new trial motion, as eleven …
20-417 Sanjay Bhardwaj v. State Bar of California California 2020-10-01 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment forgery new-trial new-trial-motion standing state-bar trial-transcripts Two questions are presented: 0 Can California State Bar Court consider trial transcripts which are not certified, are false and product of antecedent…
19-8439 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation catch-me-if-you-can criminal-procedure due-process kyles-standard kyles-v-whitley materiality-standard new-trial-motion perjury rule-33 trial-perjury 1) BRADY VIOLATIONS - "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN" - When, in direct violation of the district court's specific discovery order, the Government fails to turn…
19-6953 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding critical-stage direct-appeal new-trial new-trial-motion right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure The Constitution guarantees the assistance and choice of counsel for a critical-stage in a criminal proceeding. Ancient statute guarantees every indiv…
18-8425 Henry Johnson Lucas, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals brady-violation civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal-timeliness-dismissal-rules- constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression new-trial-motion procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct rules-of-court standing timeliness Did the Virginia Supreme Court rule erroneously in dismissing netitioner's aDDeal as being untimely under Rule 5:9(a) of the Supreme Court of Virginia…