prior-bad-acts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A171 Robert Monteiro v. United States First Circuit 2025-08-08 Denied drug-conspiracy due-process evidence-admission prior-bad-acts rule-404b sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified.
24-5840 David R. Schachtner v. Chris Brewer, Warden Eighth Circuit 2024-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure fair-trial impeachment-evidence motion-to-suppress prior-bad-acts trial-court-discretion 1. Does a court abuse its discretion in upholding a conviction and sentence for a crime that was clearly disproven at trial, based solely on the factu…
24-5519 Matthew Peddicord v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence rule-404b Whether evidence of prior bad acts is admissible under Rule 404(b) where its relevance to a proper purpose depends on propensity reasoning.
24-5021 Joyce Isagba v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence-404b fifth-amendment prior-bad-acts relevance rule-404b sentencing-conditions supervised-release I. Under Rule 404(b), Federal Rules of Evidence, is a single uncharged act occurring 5-7 year prior to the charged conduct in question, without any in…
23-6489 Robert E. Harrison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent-knowledge prior-bad-acts prior-conviction propensity-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Are prior gun possession convictions admissible under Rule 404(b) to prove knowing or intentional gun possession on a later date when the governmen…
23-6339 Juan Guzman, aka Juan Villarreal-Guzman, aka Juan Guzman-Villareal, aka Victor Nava, aka Francisco Lara, aka Francisco Lara-Paramo, aka Ayala Ramoro, aka Carlos Solorio, aka Daniel Solorio, aka Flaco v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion assault-with-a-firearm criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion evidence-admission firearm-possession prior-allegation prior-bad-acts sixth-circuit Does a District Court prejudicially abuse its discretion in a firearm possession case, as previously found by the Sixth Circuit, when that District Co…
22-7711 William Jon Patric Ebert v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fourth-circuit prior-bad-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b sixth-circuit united-states-v-stout WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING TO ADMIT EVIDENCE OF THE APPELLANT'S …
22-1139 Victor Santana v. Texas Texas 2023-05-23 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bolstering-evidence criminal-appeal criminal-procedure hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts trial-counsel Did the Court of Criminal Appeals err in finding that trial counsel's errors did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel?
22-6830 Michael Joseph Loukas v. Sarah Schroeder, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 404(b) due-process evidence-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion medication-warning-labels prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sixth-circuit-review 1. Was the Sixth Circuit decision based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the Evidance presented in the state court proceedi…
22-6647 Randal T. Young v. Leon Hill, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-bad-acts (1) Was petitioner deprived of his Constitutional right to a fair trial when a statutorily prohibited specification was submitted to the jury with ins…
22-5691 Meamen Jean Nyah v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence-rule-404b federal-rules-of-evidence firearms firearms-case judicial-interpretation prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed, contrary to its purpose and history, as a rule of inclusion resulting in certain admissib…
21-7613 James Edward Williams v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence hearsay hearsay-evidence jury-instructions prior-bad-acts propensity The state appellate court's decision was wrong Can the jury be instructed to consider Criminal 3.14 IPI instructions Saying that the jury can consider…
21-6396 Tamara Jeune v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-23 Dismissed IFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-propensity evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence prejudice prior-bad-acts probative-value propensity-evidence How are the courts to properly apply Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)? Should they apply the Third Circuit's more substantive approach which requires a close conn…
20-8322 Fabian Perpall v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied IFP circuit-split contested-issue criminal-evidence criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence not-guilty-plea plea-of-not-guilty prior-bad-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b state-of-mind By pleading not guilty, can a defendant make his prior convictions admissible under Rule 404(b) to show "state of mind"?
20-7623 Michael Eric Drake v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2021-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-bad-acts sixth-amendment trial-counsel Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court ignore the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when it found no issue with trial counsel's failure to protect his clie…
20-1347 Selvin Eduardo Zecena-Valdez v. Nevada Nevada 2021-03-25 Denied confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility fair-trial prior-bad-acts reverse-404(b) sexual-assault Whether the Supreme Court of Nevada's interpretation and application of Nevada Revised Statute ("NRS") 48.045(2) deprived Mr. Zecena of his right to a…
20-6597 John Aguilar v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial guilt ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony I. Is a Defendant denied the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and ultimately a fundamentally fair trial as guaranteed by the Un…
19-8502 David Beverly v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP admissibility criminal-procedure facebook facebook-evidence fair-trial other-crimes-evidence plain-error plain-error-doctrine prior-bad-acts prior-conviction rap-lyrics 1. To determine whether petitioner was denied a fair trial when the State presented irrelevant evidence that he posted on Facebook violent rap lyrics…
19-8380 Samory Azikiwe Monds v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-04-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP admissibility circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-procedure evidence evidence-rule federal-rule prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) should be construed, contrary to its purpose and history, as a rule of inclusion resulting in certain admissib…
19-7094 Ernest Lawrence v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-review criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona police-interrogation prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard Mr. Lawrence seek leave to appeal the following issues: 1. Whether The Lower Court's Decisions Were Contrary To Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (196…
19-691 Arthur Lawton Clark v. Georgia Georgia 2019-12-02 Denied Response Waived 404b-evidence circuit-court-split circuit-split d.c.-circuit-precedent due-process evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence georgia-supreme-court intrinsic-evidence intrinsic-evidence-rule prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts WERE PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS VIOLATED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA'S OVERLY BROAD APPLICATION OF THE "INTRINSIC EVIDENCE" RULE TO PETITIONE…
19-5970 Murad Razzaq v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-evidence criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process due-process-clause evidence evidentiary-rules prior-bad-acts prior-crimes propensity-evidence state-prosecution state-supreme-courts unrelated-crimes Does a state violate a defendant's due process rights by admitting evidence of a prior, unrelated crime?
19-5079 Kenneth Blackwell v. Georgia Georgia 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review evidence issue-preservation judicial-discretion legal-sufficiency legal-theory prior-bad-acts prior-difficulties-evidence standard-of-review state-argument trial-court trial-court-discretion trial-procedure waiver This Court has not enunciated a general rule regarding what questions may be taken and resolved for the first time on appeal when a party fails to pre…
18-9505 Antonio Parra Perez v. Texas Texas 2019-05-31 Denied IFP character-evidence criminal-procedure due-process prior-bad-acts propensity-evidence sex-crimes unconstitutional-as-applied unfair-prejudice 1. Is Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 §2 , which permits evidence of prior bad acts to prove the character and propensity of a defend…
18A1234 Jackie Duncan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-29 Presumed Complete criminal-procedure evidence-rule fourth-amendment prior-bad-acts right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment Question not identified.
18-9434 Juan Carlos Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 404(b) 4th-amendment co-defendant-consent consent-search consent-to-search fourth-amendment jury-instructions prior-bad-acts prior-bad-acts-404(b) rule-404b search-and-seizure sentencing sentencing-variance standing-4th-amendment-search-and-seizure standing-to-suppress variance warrantless-search Whether the trial and appellate court erred when it adjudged that Petitioner had no standing to request suppression of evidence obtained from a warran…
18-1379 Jeremy J. Godwin v. David Davey, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment certificate-of-appeal constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus prior-bad-acts prior-conviction profile-evidence propensity-evidence Was the decision of the Ninth Circuit to deny a Certificate of Appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) under the standards set forth in Miller-El v. Co…
18-8834 José Amaya-Vasquez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion prior-bad-acts reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-review 1. Whether the Court erred by considering the prior bad acts in the determination of the appropriate sentence? 2. Whether the sentence imposed by the…
18-7525 Delexsia Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence evidence-suppression federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion old-chief-v-united-states prejudicial-evidence prejudicial-information prior-bad-acts rule-403 Should the analysis utilized in, Old Chief v. United States, 519 US 172, 179; 117 S.ct 644, 651 (1997), for supression of prior bad acts in relation t…