| 25-5540 |
Brayan Alexander Contreras-Avalos v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-09-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cooperator-testimony criminal-conviction evidentiary-standard prosecutorial-burden sufficiency-of-evidence witness-credibility |
1. Where the Government did not introduce any physical or forensic against Mr. Contreras-Avalos, and the only evidence introduced was cooperator testi… |
| 23-6211 |
Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2023-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error |
I. Did The Trial Court Violate Petitioner's Right To Be Present Right To Counsel, And Right To Self-Representation When It Improperly Excluded Petitio… |
| 23-5554 |
Cameron L. Hickman v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-09-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt sexual-assault standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the prosecution presented sufficient evidence at trial to establish the elements of the alleged crime. |
| 21-8287 |
Michael D. Phillips v. Florida |
Florida |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
burglary civil-rights criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt sentencing |
Did the prosecutor ever prove all prongs and elements of the crime being charged in a second degree murder?
Did the prosecutor ever prove that the al… |
| 21-5503 |
Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-08-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission … |
| 18-1049 |
Peter M. Hoffman, et al. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
criminal-law-fraud criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal criminal-procedure-burden-of-proof criminal-procedure-sufficiency-of-evidence due-process evidence evidentiary-standard jackson-v-virginia judgment-of-acquittal mail-fraud prosecutorial-burden regulatory-ambiguity standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud |
1. Whether a federal court must grant a motion for
judgment of acquittal when, construing the evidence
in the light most favorable to the government, … |
| 18-6865 |
Adony Nina v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states |
Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi… |
| 18-6468 |
Bernabe Lugo-Santiago v. United States |
First Circuit |
2018-10-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm firearm-regulation firearms indictment interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden |
This case presents 3 narrow and discrete questions for this Court to consider, viz. - what happens when (a) the Government fails to allege in an indic… |
| 18-5614 |
Alexander Jesus Santiago v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission probable-cause probation prosecutorial-burden resentencing sentencing supervised-release supervised-release-revocation |
Did the district court improperly revoke Mr. Santiago's supervised release and resentence him despite a lack of evidence that he violated supervised r… |