vindictive-prosecution
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-883 | James Thomas Ford v. Florida | Florida | 2026-01-23 | Pending | Response Waived | due-process fourteenth-amendment human-trafficking jury-trial prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution | Does a prosecutor engage in vindictive prosecution in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment where she amends the criminal ch… |
| 24-7255 | Jarred Adams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-05-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process legal-analysis sentence-length sentencing vindictive-prosecution | Whether sentence length is the exclusive means to determine if a subsequent sentence is more severe for vindictive sentencing analysis? |
| 24-7220 | Barry Ray Knight v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-05-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-charging defendant-rights due-process plea-negotiations prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution | Can prosecutors evade vindictiveness claims any time they make a new charge against a defendant after the breakdown of plea negotiations, no matter th… |
| 24-6167 | Rodney J. Lass v. Chris Buesgen, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2024-12-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy mistrial prosecutorial-discretion vindictive-prosecution | 1. Can actual vindictive prosecution be found when a mistrial is declared, not caused by a hung jury, and the Prosecutor responds by bringing addition… |
| 22-6341 | Angela Schmid v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2022-12-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-misconduct selective-prosecution vindictive-prosecution | Question not identified. |
| 22-164 | Mark Elliott Stuart v. Douglas Gerlach, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. | Arizona | 2022-08-23 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech police-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial vindictive-prosecution | (1) Whether the State can seek to punish and prosecute an individual for refusing to obey an unconstitutional order from a public official and a polic… |
| 21-6541 | Jesus Corona v. James Hill, Acting Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2021-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing presumption-of-vindictiveness prima-facie-case procedural-default prosecutorial-discretion sentencing vindictive-prosecution | 1. Does a criminal defendant state a prima facie case of vindictive prosecution, trigging a presumption of vindictiveness, when the day after he succe… |
| 21-5245 | Jamie Patrick Hahn v. Georgia | Georgia | 2021-07-29 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | case-record constitutional-rights court-precedent criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-denial procedural-challenge prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution | 1. Will this Court review the fact of the Respondent's vindictive prosecution? The record of the case shows the vindictiveness and the lower courts de… |
| 20-1056 | Justin Wolfe v. Virginia | Virginia | 2021-02-03 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appellate-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas forfeiture-rule plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution | After petitioner Justin Wolfe obtained federal habeas relief because of "abhorrent" prosecutorial misconduct, the Commonwealth of Virginia vindictivel… |
| 19-7796 | Kevin T. Hawkins v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure interlocutory-appeal ninth-circuit vindictive-prosecution | Does the Ninth Circuit circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particular when it results in depriving an individual due pr… |
| 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 … |
| 18-227 | Justin Michael Wolfe v. Virginia | Virginia | 2018-08-22 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appeal appellate-review class-precedent class-v-united-states constitutional-authority constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea plea-bargaining state-court state-court-appeals vindictive-prosecution | Whether, in light of Class, a guilty plea in state court waives the right to raise on appeal the constitutional authority of the State to prosecute ba… |