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25-969 Anthony Zottola, Sr. v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-18 Pending anonymous-jury declaration-against-penal-interest fair-trial-rights hearsay-exception presumption-of-innocence right-to-present-defense 1. Whether a defendant's right to present a defense is violated when he is precluded from offering a declarant's out-of-court, self-inculpatory narrat…
25A798 Gavin Blake Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-09 Application bail-reform-act constitutional-rights due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention sixth-amendment Is the timely and proper movement before the trial court for production and inspection of grand jury proceedings available for interlocutory appellate…
25-5271 Soleiman Mobarak v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa constitutional-law ex-post-facto presumption-of-innocence subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Novel Issue : Is the Actual Innocence Exception to a procedural bar limited t cases where petitioners are convicted, but actually innocent of crime…
24-6883 Kenneth Karlston Newsome v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process international-human-rights life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence WHETHER A PERSON'S RIGHT TO BE "PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY ACCORDING TO LAW" AS DECLARED BY ARTICLE 14.2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON C…
24-6403 Brian Dale Nixon v. Texas Texas 2025-01-28 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP capital-murder constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process presumption-of-innocence trial-location The Petitioner's capital murder trial was held in this facility: The Supreme Courts of Oregon and Washington held this is inherently prejudicial and e…
24A570 Chanel Wiley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-11 Presumed Complete ankle-monitor constitutional-rights criminal-defendant fair-trial jury-perception presumption-of-innocence Question not identified.
24-5475 Joshua Joel Zamora Gonzales v. California Victim's Compensation Board California 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-challenge judicial-review presumption-of-innocence Question not identified.
23-7708 Joshua Peters v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shifting constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct new-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-order Before trial, the district court barred the Government from commenting that the defense had the opportunity to conduct independent forensic testing on…
23-7319 Yudith Reynoso-Hiciano v. United States Second Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof closing-argument criminal-procedure jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt Whether repeatedly arguing in closing that the defendant 'needed the jury to believe' certain things impermissibly shifted the burden of proof and evi…
23-7142 Elizabeth A. Ramsey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-review legal-rights presumption-of-innocence standing Question not identified.
23-7105 Katherine Barrett v. Kentucky Kentucky 2024-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure due-process home-incarceration jail-credit jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct I. THE PROSECUTOR ENGAGED IN FLAGARANT MISCONDUCT WHEN HE TOLD THE JURY IN CLOSING "THAT THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. . .IS GONE " II. DID TRIAL C…
23-6657 Erick Cruz v. New York New York 2024-02-02 Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process evidence-authentication fair-trial opening-statements powerpoint-presentation presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-error Q1: During opening statements, the trial court, over defense counsel's objections, allowed the prosecution to use a Powerpoint presentation. This Powe…
23-6075 William Phillip Neidinger v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedy constitutional-interpretation due-process effective-counsel identity-rights judicial-defect judicial-review jury-selection mandamus presumption-of-innocence selective-prosecution Is Not having actual availability of Effective Counsel and actual Presumption of Innocence, particularly in cases deriving from previous judicial defe…
22-7395 Gudonavon J. Taylor v. Ohio Ohio 2023-04-28 Denied IFP brady-rule burden-of-proof constitutional-rights due-process fundamental-fairness juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders perjured-testimony presumption-of-innocence (1) Whether the procedure rule under Crim.R. 33(B) should be deemed oppressive and arbitrary for juvenile offenders? (2) Whether a juvenile offender'…
22-1046 Thomas J. Kelly v. University of Florida Board of Trustees, et al. Florida 2023-04-27 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct mandamus-petition presumption-of-innocence public-records separation-of-powers Whether when considering a petition for a writ of mandamus regarding a public records request, can a state civil, not criminal, circuit trial court ju…
22-7225 Andrew Michael Gomez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence trial-court 1.) Whether a trial court is constitutionally required to conduct an extensive inquiry into, and make a judicial finding of, the factual basis of a gu…
22-6513 Jeremy Dale Bartram v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rule fair-trial presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-discretion rule-404(b) uncharged-misconduct Does the prosecution's use of 'uncharged misconduct' under Rule 404(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Evidence strip a criminal defendant of the presum…
22-6339 Derek James Jones v. State Bar of California California 2022-12-19 Denied IFP attorney-discipline brady-v-maryland due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment giglio-v-united-states presumption-of-innocence state-bar-court willner-v-committee-on-character-and-fitness 1. Whether the State of California violated Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process in an attorney discipline proceeding resulting…
22-5775 William Robert Bramscher v. California California 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights conviction criminal-appeal first-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel 1. HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ADVOCATE THAT I AM INNOCENT OF ANY CHARGED OF CONVICTED CRIME(S)? 2. AN APPEAL ATTORNEY CANNOT CONCEDE GUILT IN …
21-8243 Michael Shane Bargo v. Florida Florida 2022-06-28 Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance plea-of-not-guilty presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error Did Mr. Bargo show that a violation of his rights occurred, pursuant to McCoy, when he explicitly entered a plea of not guilty and maintained his inno…
21-8107 Keith Undray Ford v. Suzanne M. Peery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-interpretation presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-law state-court state-courts 1. When an issue before a state court is resolved by an assumption of fact, as opposed to a factual finding, has the issue before the state court been…
21-7667 Daniel Irving v. California California 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial innocence-evidence judicial-discretion presumption-of-innocence publication-of-decisions unpublished-decisions Shouldn't it be illegal to suppress evidence? How can 2 court cases give conflicting rulings for the same evidence? How can evidence which says a pe…
21-7290 James L. Caudle v. Florida Florida 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-parte-communication impartial-jury life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence I. Whether the fight to due process of law has been denied by State courts allowing the State to evade addressing whether the right to confront the on…
21-1090 James Calvert v. Texas Texas 2022-02-07 Denied capital-trial constitutional-error due-process ineffective-assistance juror-impartiality postconviction-proceedings postconviction-relief presumption-of-innocence shock-cuff state-appeal Where a state's highest criminal court finds constitutional error but holds the record on direct appeal is insufficient to require reversal, does due …
21-1063 Elaine Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response Waived conspiracy criminal-acquittal due-process fifth-amendment health-care-fraud presumption-of-innocence statutory-interpretation unjust-compensation unjust-conviction-and-imprisonment 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2513's requirement that a defendant acquitted because of insufficient evidence must affirmatively disprove the factual allegati…
21-6886 Roberto Martinez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fair-and-just-reason plea-withdrawal presumption-of-innocence rule-11 Whether a defendant who enters a plea of guilty, but moves to withdraw such plea prior to sentencing, while at the same time properly articulating a p…
21-993 Willard Anthony v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-01-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10) confrontation-clause confrontation-right due-process fair-trial harmless-error presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-testimony structural-error witness-credibility Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to t…
21-6770 Dave Elysee v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defense due-process evidence legal-procedure police-investigation presumption-of-innocence suspect-identification trial-defense Whether a criminal defendant may mount a defense at trial based on an inadequate police investigation into another suspect.
21-5847 Arthur Lee Lewis v. California California 2021-10-01 Denied IFP due-process jury-trial presumption-of-innocence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-sentencing statutory-sentencing-range Review is requested to determine whether a sentence within the prescribed statutory range but inconsistent with the jury's verdict complies with the S…
21-5797 George Verkler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct plea-agreement presumption-of-innocence right-to-appeal right-to-counsel sentencing Does the presumption of innocence and due process mean that if a judge will not read what a defendant in a criminal case submits to the court, or if t…
21-5660 Kevin McBride v. Florida Florida 2021-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-conviction police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence wrongful-conviction When fraudulent police reports deceive the lower court into a false conviction, shouldn't the fraud precede the false conviction and be overturned imm…
21-355 In Re Larry Klayman 2021-09-07 Denied bar-admission bar-discipline client-interests constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice disciplinary-proceeding due-process legal-ethics presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel 1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ("Eleventh Circuit") err by denying Larry Klayman, Esq. ("Mr. Klayman") admission pending th…
21-5575 Frederick Arayatanon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-rights district-court due-process evidence evidentiary-admission fair-trial jail-telephone-calls presumption-of-innocence Do-es —t-he—admirs's!on of "jail telephone calls by the District Court during defendant's trial undermine defendant's presumption of innocence?
21-5388 Wilbert Kelly, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-restriction burden-of-proof constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process legal-standing post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence public-official sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-jurisdiction Have The PElitioner Beon Reovided With Fundamental Due Process According To The United Stales Constilulions By His Slate CauFts?
20-8280 Trent Slone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal drug-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearms firearms-violation presumption-of-innocence sentencing 1.Does the presumption of innocence and the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment protect a defendant at a firearms violation sentencing when th…
20-1709 David Ming Pon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-case harmless-error judicial-review presumption-of-innocence standard-of-review Whether an appellate court reviewing a cold criminal trial record may determine that an error at trial was harmless by applying an "overwhelming evide…
20-8218 George Verkler, aka Kenneth P. Goff, aka Neal T. Pearson, aka Neil T. Pearson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-case double-jeopardy plea-bargain presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel unconstitutional-decision Does the presumption of innocence mean that if a judge will not read everything a defendant in a criminal case submits to the court that the judge mus…
20-8132 George Verkler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence right-to-appeal right-to-counsel Does the presumption of innocence and due process mean that if a judge will not read everything Mr. Verkler, the Defendant in a criminal case submits …
20-7810 Antonio Prophet v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-evidence doyle-v-ohio post-miranda-silence presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct tailored-testimony 1. Does a prosecutor 's remarks made at trial asserting that a defendant used his govemmentally-induced "two years " of post -Miranda silence to tail…
20-7291 John L. Harris v. Illinois Illinois 2021-03-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-consensual-reinstatement plea-bargaining plea-opportunity presumption-of-innocence sentencing trial-court Whether a trial court's non-consensual reinstatement of a defendant's guilty plea, without admonishments or the opportunity to plead anew, violates th…
20-7083 Jeremy Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process presumption-of-innocence rehau-v-united-states retroactive-application Whether A Criminal Defendant Substantial Rights To DUE ProcESS Under ThE Fifth Amendment OF ThE UnitEd States Constitution Denied In Light oF Rehaif v…
20-6624 Aaron Michael Aguilera v. California California 2020-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights due-process fair-trial harmless-error jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence right-to-testify structural-error 1. Consistent with a criminal defendant's fundamental right to testify in his or her own defense — as well as the right to present a complete defense,…
20-6554 Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-anonymity jury-selection presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment (1) whether cloaking jurors in anonymity impermissibly impairs the presumption of innocence and the right of the accused to an impartial jury and (2) …
20-5913 Bradley M. Cox v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-reform-act constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards factors-for-detention presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention release-conditions witness-testimony 1. When the rebuttable presumption of detention exists how much or what quality of evidence is sufficient to rebut it? 2. Is the presumption of innoc…
20-5908 Mikel Clotaire v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit-precedent fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mug-shot-admission presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision to admit a mug shot in a criminal trial absent a need for the evidence splits with well-established Sixth Circ…
20-266 Bradley Bieganski v. Arizona Arizona 2020-09-02 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense burden-of-proof child-molestation constitutional-limits criminal-statute due-process presumption-of-innocence sexual-intent Whether Arizona's molestation statute -- which presumes that anyone, including parents and foster parents like Petitioner, who bathe or diaper their c…
19-8915 Robert Eugene Glassgow v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acquittal aedpa court-of-appeals criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether prose defendants since file under 18 U.S.C. § 2255 and are paid back costs by the Court Judge if in be the onus ce oy tt permission of the app…
19-8336 Igancio Reyes-Yanez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence 1. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to address whether the Government can tell a jury that, "when [a defendant] testifies, there's no presumptio…
19-8304 Timothy J. McVay v. Illinois Illinois 2020-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder mens-rea presumption-of-innocence Whether a bench trial conviction of first degree murder by H.U.M Matrix(Homicide by Unspecified Means) can be upheld without benefit of: an eyewitness…
19-8111 Todd James Broxmeyer v. L. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-protection due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is the use of the preponderance of evidence standard to enhance at sentencing deemed unconstitutional when the presumption of innocence is restored, i…
19-7496 Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion 1. Petitioner's trial counsel obtained the jury list two days prior to the day of jury selection. On the day of trial entire panel of sixty-five (65) …
19-7015 In Re Michael F. Harris 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-jury state-actors witness-tampering (1). Whether, in fairness to judicial proceedings, can an attorney of record brazenly ignore his client's instructions during the Direct Appeal proces…
19-6971 Comfort Delando Roberts v. Texas Texas 2019-12-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment impartial-jury ineffective-assistance presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment THE "TOTALITY OF REPRESENTATION" SHOWS THE PERFORMANCE OF,COUNSEL, RONALD D. ZIMMERMAN WAS OBJECTIVELY DEFICIENT AND THEREBY DENIED APPELLANT HIS SIXT…
19-6980 John Lyndon Williamson v. City of Wichita, Kansas Kansas 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP citizenship-clause commerce-clause compelled-commerce constitutional-interpretation criminal-sanction dormant-commerce-clause due-process police-powers presumption-of-innocence supreme-court-precedent tenth-amendment welfare-powers Whether this courts holding against the individual mandate sanction in NFIB v. Sebelious 567 U S 519, 132, S. Ct. 2566, 183, L Ed 2d 450 (2012) on the…
19-564 Michigan v. Eric Lamontee Beck Michigan 2019-10-29 Denied acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-circuit-courts preponderance-of-evidence presumption-of-innocence sentencing Whether, when imposing a sentence within the statutory range for the offense of conviction, due process permits a sentencing court to consider conduct…
19-6301 Jerry W. Jenkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process presumed-innocent sentencing testimony trial 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process evidence-admission ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment 2# WhetheR MR.JenKiNS RighTs to ThE uNited StAZE CONSTituTION WEeE ViOlAted When The GoveRMent INFRiNged uPon His Rights to BE PRiOR CrimiNAL HiStORy …
19-6276 Robert Wayne Wilson, Jr. v. California California 2019-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sexual-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-allegations jury-trial presumption-of-innocence trial-by-jury In a prosecution for child sexual abuse, does testimony that only four percent of child sexual abuse allegations are false violate the defendant's rig…
19-6123 Castor Quintaires Gonzales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment mandate-recall presumption-of-innocence structural-error DOES THE FIFTH AMENDMENT COMPEL A COURT OF APPEALS TO REMEDY ITS INADVERTENT AFFIRMANCE OF UNRECOGNIZED STRUCTURAL ERROR THAT WAS APPARENT FROM THE RE…
19-6122 Jermaine Stevenson v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence presumption-of-innocence state-court-judgment void CAN A HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONER THAT IS PRESUMED GUILTY PURSUANT TO A STATE COURT JUDGMENT MAKE A SHOWING OF ACTUAL INNOCENCE WITH NEWLY DISCOVERED E…
19-6035 Luis R. Espinal-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review bail bail-hearing criminal-procedure detention-review due-process federal-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention rebuttal statutory-presumption statutory-presumptions Whether Bail Should Have Been Granted in this Case as the Petitioner Rebutted the Statutory Presumptions.
19-5880 Andrew Joseph Larson v. Michael Pacheco, Warden Wyoming 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constructive-denial-of-counsel criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction name-change personal-jurisdiction presumption-of-guilt presumption-of-innocence standing state-department subject-matter trial-jurisdiction Q1) What are the necessary components for the trial court to be complete and hold jurisdiction over a case and was Avitabile's trial court complete? …
19-5774 Patrick O. Neiss v. Montana Montana 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment holland-v-united-states jury-instruction jury-instructions net-worth-prosecution particularity presumption-of-innocence probable-cause reasonable-doubt search-and-seizure 1. In Holland v. United States, 348 U.S. 121, 125 (1954) this Court recognized the "inherent risk" of the use of circumstantial evidence, but held tha…
19-243 Richard M. Camacho v. United States Armed Forces 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel military-justice presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence I. Whether the Army's Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention Program (SHARP) reversed the constitutional presumption of innocence, diluted …
19-5369 Willie Chambers v. Phil Hall, Warden Georgia 2019-07-29 Denied IFP constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure multiplicitous-indictment post-conviction-relief presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt right-to-fair-trial right-to-life-and-liberty state-court-review vindictive-prosecution DID PETITIONER ASSERT A VALID CLAIM OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHERE COUNSEL'S ACTIONS FAILED TO ADEQUATELY TEST THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AND …
19-5321 John R. Collins v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process factual-innocence mcquiggin-exception mcquiggin-v-perkins miller-el-v-cockrell no-trial-no-guilty-plea presumption-of-innocence procedural-rules Does the "actual innocence" exception/gateway in McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383 (2013) require new evidence of innocence when there has never been…
18-9487 Willie Lee Johnson v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-interpretation jury-selection legal-ethics oregon-state-bar presumption-of-innocence QUESTION No. 1: Did the Ore. State Bar and the Ore. Supreme Court's Chief Justice's approved adoption of the Bar American Association's Model Rules of…
18-9121 Jerry L. Gater v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california jury-trial-guarantee nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence pro-se right-to-counsel sentencing-factors voir-dire I. UNDER FARETTA V CALIFORNIA DOES A DEFENDANT 'HAVE A RIGHT WHEN PROCEEDING 'PRO SE TO PARTICIPATE IN VOIR DIRE? II. DOES THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCEN…
18-1358 Douglas Echols v. Spencer Lawton Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation libel-per-se presumption-of-innocence qualified-immunity retaliation substantive-due-process Where the Eleventh Circuit found a constitutional violation in a prosecutor's use of libel per se to retaliate against a wrongfully convicted person w…
18-8827 David McShan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP berger-standard berger-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-fabrication jury-bias nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing trial-fairness I. Where the government's case against a defendant is extremely weak, does the prosecutor's persistent misconduct during trial by making improper insi…
18-8645 David Dean Harris v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP appeal-procedure constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent victim-identification witness-testimony WAS THE STATES USE OF THE COMPLAINING WITNESSES NAME SPECIFICALLY AS THE VICTIM A VIOLATION OF PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT, UNIT…
18-8169 In Re Alfredo Aguirre 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado, has been or should be made retroactively applicable to c…
18-7742 Luis A. Serna v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights due-process foucha-v-louisiana future-dangerous-behavior heck-doctrine kingsley-v-hendrickson presumption-of-innocence section-1983 speculation state-speculation Is the "Petitioner" entitled to [a] defense of [the] "presumption of innocence" upon a State's assertion of "future dangerous behavior" via pure "spec…
18-7652 Brian Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights colorado-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Does Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-302 Supersede Nelson V. Colorado 137 S.CT. 1249 (2017).
18-7455 Josue Israel Sanchez v. California California 2019-01-17 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction Is the Californa Leaal Systan allowed to tyranate Prosecution, Conviction. and the appeal of ar innocent mon. with imownity Because the vest of the go…
18-7424 William Felix Vail v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-code criminal-evidence doctrine-of-chances due-process forensic-evidence physical-proof presumption-of-innocence presumptive-evidence reasonable-doubt Did the Stale offer sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? Should the State have been allowed to offer evidence via the Doctri…
18-7372 Santos Cuevas v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Prison Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech grand-jury jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence standing Question not identified.
18-7329 Phillip Dale Selfa v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy dual-sovereignty due-process federal-state-jurisdiction presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-vindictiveness Does the prophylactic presumption of prosecutorial vindictiveness (North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711 (1982)) apply when two different sovereigns …
18-7371 Nicole Johnson v. California California 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt stolen-property Petitioner snatched a patron's purse at a McDonald's restaurant, and a jury convicted her of robbery and receiving stolen property (the getaway pickup…
18-7375 Wayne Nicolaison v. County of Hennepin, Minnesota Eighth Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-violation due-process foucha-standard foucha-v-louisiana indefinite-commitment presumption-of-innocence section-1983 Is the "Petitioner" entitled to [a] defense of [the] "presumption of innocence" upon a State's assertion of "future dangerous behavior" by purely mere…
18-792 Ronald Leroy Satterlee v. Alicia Miller-Degase, Assessor of Douglas County, Missouri, et al. Missouri 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-rights due-process government-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge presumption-of-innocence property-rights property-tax right-of-contract tax-assessment taxation The Question Presented for Review is whether or not this Appellant Has Right To Life, Liberty, Property and Pursuit of Happiness, the Right To Presump…
18-6788 Rhett Bean v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice presumption-of-innocence FOR the purpose of U.s.c.A 2253(c), is it debatable that wrongly excluded evidence MAy be used to Rebut the presumption of guilt for A cRimivial convi…
18-6337 Travis W. Williams v. Missouri Missouri 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof child-sex-offense criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment mo-const-art-i-18c presumption-of-innocence propensity-evidence Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits evidence that the defendant has an unrelated remote prior child sex offense conviction…
18-6253 Daniel R. Wesling v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process indictment indictment-sufficiency pennsylvania-law presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-standards vagueness victim-testimony 1). Is not the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conviction of Petitioner with uncorroborated victim statements coupled with an indictment so vague to dest…
18-5660 Todd Jesse Garton v. California California 2018-08-20 Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-attire due-process guilt-determination meaningful-defense penalty-phase presumption-of-innocence right-to-fair-trial right-to-present-defense right-to-reliable-verdict right-to-wear-civilian-attire Whether refus ing to permit an in-cus tody def endant ch arged with murder ing his wife and unborn child to wear his wedding ring during trial vio lat…
18-5617 Gregory Bartunek v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 18-usc-3156 bail bail-denial constitutional-violations crimes-of-violence detention detention-order due-process presumption-of-innocence pretrial-detention speedy-trial IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO DEFINE ALL CHAPTER 110 CRIMES OF 18 UNITED STATES CODE (18 U.S.C.), IN PARTICULAR § 2252, AND 2252A, AS …
18-5482 Jose Guadalupe Zepeda-Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment marijuana-distribution motion-for-acquittal possession-with-intent-to-distribute presumption-of-innocence sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether the Presumption of Innocence and Fifth Amendment's Right to Due Process are violated when the district court denies a motion for acquittal …
18-5447 David V. Rock v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-error due-process enhancement evidence habeas-corpus plea-bargaining plea-validity presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1.) O.R.C.2901.45(A)..every person accused of an offense is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the burden of proof i…
18-5118 Shane K. Floyd v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fairness jury-deliberations jury-selection presumption-of-innocence racial-bias sixth-amendment strickland-standard Implicit bias threatens the very foundation of the criminal justice system. Wasn't the judicial system built on fairness; the right to a fair trial; t…