non-capital
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-5129 | Gary E. Peel v. Barbara Zarrick | Seventh Circuit | 2021-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence appellate-review district-court due-process federal-criminal federal-criminal-procedure habeas-corpus non-capital standing writ-of-mandamus | Whether a stand-alone (a/k/a free-standing) claim of "actual innocence " is cognizable in a federal non-capital criminal case. |
| 18-8182 | Monty M. Shelton v. Gene Beasley, Warden | Eighth Circuit | 2019-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | actual-innocence due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice non-capital obstruction procedural-hurdles savings-clause sixth-amendment | Should meritorious actual innocence claims in non-capital Habeas Corpus filings overcome all procedural hurdles and be afforded at least one full and … |
| 18-7168 | Michael Deontray Williams v. J. Soto, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2018-12-26 | Denied | IFP | actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation federal-habeas habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ninth-circuit non-capital standard-for-granting-coa substantive-innocence-claims supreme-court-precedent | The only question in deciding whether to grant a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") is whether reasonable jurists could disagree with the district c… |