weaver-v-massachusetts

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24-5225 Nidal M. Hasan v. United States Armed Forces 2024-08-05 Denied IFP appellate-review automatic-reversal criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error public-trial structural-error waller-v-georgia weaver-v-massachusetts A violation of the public trial guarantee is structural error, defying harmless error review. Weaver v. Massachusetts, 582 U.S. 286, 299 (2017). In Wa…
23-5193 Bradley Ross Fairbourn v. Neicole Morden, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impliedly-biased-juror juror-bias strickland-standard strickland-v-washington structural-error weaver-v-massachusetts Whether, in light of this Court's decision in Weaver v. Massachusetts , __ U.S. __, 137 S. Ct. 1899, 198 L. Ed. 2d 420 (2017), the actual -prejudi ce …
22-6160 Wayland Lynn Dilts v. Mike Brown, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-standard constitutional-violation courtroom-closure due-process public-trial public-trial-right sixth-amendment sixth-circuit weaver-v-massachusetts witness-testimony This case involves an unprecedented public-trial violation claim like no other brought before this Court. The record here reflects, that during a jury…
20-6869 Tavarius D. Radford v. Illinois Illinois 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP courtroom-closure direct-appeal ineffective-assistance partial-closure public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error waller-v-georgia weaver-v-massachusetts (1) Whether the "overriding interest" test established by this Court in Waller v. Georgia, 467 U.S. 39 (1984), to determine if a defendant's Sixth Ame…
19-8833 Christopher Mann v. Maryland Maryland 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maryland-court-of-appeals prejudice strickland-prejudice strickland-test weaver-precedent weaver-v-massachusetts Has the Maryland Court of Appeals abused its discretion by applying Weaver v. Massachusetts(, 137 S. Ct. 1899 (2017)) to mandate looking at the streng…
19-8388 Terrence Jamal Williams v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-05-04 Denied IFP constitutional-error courtroom-closure due-process fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sixth-amendment waiver-doctrine weaver-v-massachusetts Whether counsel's failure to object to the closure of the courtroom because he did not want to draw attention to his conduct meets the Weaver v Massac…
18-8510 Travis Thaniel v. Maryland Maryland 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactivity right-to-be-present right-to-presence state-law trial-counsel weaver-retroactivity weaver-v-massachusetts 1. DOES THE FEDERAL' L'AW OF WEAVER V. MASSACHUSETTS, 137 S.Ct. 1899 (2017); HAVE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION IN THE STATE OF MARYL'AND? 2. DOES A TRIAL!…