vague-statute

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
20-6439	Sidney Patterson v. United States	Fifth Circuit	2020-11-25	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	criminal-activity due-process legislative-intent racketeering rico rico-statute sufficiency-of-evidence unsophisticated-crime vague-statute	A conviction based on less than sufficient evidence is a due process violation. 1. Does the application of a vaguely written racketeering statute to …
19-141	Jeffrey Fairbanks v. Indiana	Indiana	2019-07-30	Denied	Response Waived	criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-rules ex-post-facto judicial-construction jury jury-instructions propensity-evidence reasonable-doubt vague-statute vagueness	1. Whether the judiciary violated the Ex Post Facto Clause when it created a new evidentiary holding to excuse the impermissible use of propensity evi…
18-7158	Tony Knox v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections	Virginia	2018-12-20	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process federal-question federal-questions judicial-review legal-standard novel-claim procedural-default statutory-vagueness unconstitutional vague-statute	I. Did The State Court Decide Important Federal Questions In A Way That Conflicts With Relevant Decisions Of This Court, Such As: (1) A Vague Statute …