text-message-evidence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6912 Thomas Bartholomew Simpson v. Joseph Walters, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2026-02-25 Pending Response WaivedIFP cross-examination due-process fair-trial-rights foundational-objections prosecutorial-misconduct text-message-evidence I. Whether it requires the circuit court to probe lay witness tes testimony or specialist forensic analysis testimony to overcome foundational objec…
18-7130 Matthew G. Alden, Jr. v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2018-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-charges criminal-charges-text-messages criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt right-to-acquittal structural-error text-message-evidence text-messages When the government brings criminal charges based on an allegation that the defendant sent a series of text messages, does it violate the defendant's …