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Crime & policing cases

Police searches, criminal trials, sentencing, and challenges to convictions.

244 casesUpdated Nov 4, 2026

Before arguments

2 cases

Before ArgumentsAttorney fees for detention challengesKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitArgument Jan 11, 202725-1223 Before ArgumentsJury size in felony trialsHamed Kian v. FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth DistrictArgument Jan 13, 202725-6623

Awaiting decision

3 cases

Awaiting DecisionChallenges to prison time creditsWilliam Maxwell v. Sandra Dinis, Acting WardenUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitArgued Nov 2, 202625-5930 Awaiting DecisionNew rules in repeat petitionsEric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Petitioner v. Dexter JohnsonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitArgued Nov 4, 202625-1003

Recent decisions

239 cases

DecidedReplacing a court-appointed lawyerMichael Martel, Warden v. Kenneth ClairUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecided Mar 5, 201210-1265 DecidedOrder of prison sentencesMonroe Ace Setser v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitDecided Mar 28, 201210-7387 DecidedCrack cocaine sentencing rulesEdward Dorsey, Sr. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitDecided Jun 21, 201211-5683 DecidedWhen trial mistakes matterAlexander Vasquez v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitDecided Apr 2, 201211-199 DecidedAge in police custodyJ. D. B. v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of North CarolinaDecided Jun 16, 201109-11121 DecidedWhat counts as crack cocaineFrantz DePierre v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitDecided Jun 9, 201109-1533 DecidedArrests under witness warrantsJohn D. Ashcroft v. Abdullah al-KiddUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecided May 31, 201110-98 DecidedPolice interviews at schoolBob Camreta v. Sarah Greene, Personally and as Next Friend of S. G., a Minor, and K. G., a MinorUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecided May 26, 201109-1454 DecidedPolice-created emergenciesKentucky v. Hollis Deshaun KingSupreme Court of KentuckyDecided May 16, 201109-1272 DecidedRehabilitation after sentencingJason Pepper v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitDecided Mar 2, 201109-6822 DecidedRestitution for victim lossesDoyle Randall Paroline v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitDecided Apr 23, 201412-8561 DecidedPrior sex crimes and sentencingAvondale Lockhart v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitDecided Mar 1, 201614-8358 DecidedIndependent defense expertsMcWilliams v. DunnUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitDecided Jun 19, 201716-5294 DecidedFederal review of state rulingsJeffrey Woods, Warden v. Timothy EthertonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDecided Apr 4, 201615-723 DecidedLawyer absence during trialJeffrey Woods, Warden v. Cory DonaldUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDecided Mar 30, 201514-618 DecidedChildren's statements to teachersOhio v. Darius ClarkSupreme Court of OhioDecided Jun 18, 201513-1352 DecidedDeath penalty jury instructionsDavid Bobby, Warden v. Harry MittsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDecided May 2, 201110-1000 DecidedResisting arrest and violent feloniesMarcus Sykes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitDecided Jun 9, 201109-11311 DecidedJury trials for criminal finesSouthern Union Company v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitDecided Jun 21, 201211-94 DecidedSecond petitions by prisonersFelker v. TurpinDecided Jun 28, 199695-8836 DecidedWitnesses' right to remain silentOhio v. ReinerOhio Supreme CourtDecided Mar 19, 200100-1028 DecidedWhen officers can stop driversUnited States v. ArvizuDecided Jan 15, 200200-1519 DecidedEvidence from old search rulingsWillie Gene Davis v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitDecided Jun 16, 201109-11328 DecidedSentence reductions after plea dealsWilliam Freeman v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDecided Jun 23, 201109-10245 DecidedRights during police questioningDavid Bobby, Warden v. Archie DixonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitDecided Nov 7, 201110-1540 DecidedFederal review of state court rulingsJohn E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. James LambertUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitDecided Feb 21, 201211-38 DecidedJail strip searchesAlbert W. Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of BurlingtonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitDecided Apr 2, 201210-945 DecidedArrests for political speechVirgil D. "Gus" Reichle, Jr. v. Steven HowardsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitDecided Jun 4, 201211-262 DecidedJuvenile life without paroleMiller v. AlabamaDecided Jun 25, 201210-9646 DecidedDrug dogs and car searchesFlorida v. Clayton HarrisSupreme Court of FloridaDecided Feb 19, 201311-817 DecidedProtection from a second trialLamar Evans v. MichiganSupreme Court of MichiganDecided Feb 20, 201311-1327 DecidedDNA testing after arrestMaryland, Petitioner v. Alonzo Jay King, Jr.Court of Appeals of MarylandDecided Jun 3, 201312-207 DecidedWrongful detention after chargesManuel v. JolietUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitDecided Mar 21, 201714-9496 Case remandedRacial bias in death sentencesKeith Tharpe, Petitioner v. Eric Sellers, WardenUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitRemanded Jan 8, 201817-6075 DecidedChallenging laws after guilty pleasClass v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitDecided Feb 21, 201816-424 DecidedPrivacy in rental carsByrd v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitDecided May 14, 201816-1371 DecidedRight to choose a defenseMcCoy v. LouisianaSupreme Court of LouisianaDecided May 14, 201816-8255 DecidedWarrantless searches near homesCollins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of VirginiaDecided May 29, 201816-1027 DecidedSentence reductions after plea dealsHughes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitDecided Jun 4, 201817-155 DecidedSentencing errors on appealRosales-Mireles v. United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitDecided Jun 18, 201816-9493 DecidedAcquittals and repeat trialsCurrier v. VirginiaSupreme Court of VirginiaDecided Jun 22, 201816-1348 DecidedFederal review of state convictionsMichael Sexton, Warden, Petitioner v. Nicholas BeaudreauxUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecided Jun 28, 201817-1106 DecidedLimits on excessive finesTimbs v. IndianaSupreme Court of IndianaDecided Feb 20, 201917-1091 DecidedAppeal rights after plea dealsGarza v. IdahoSupreme Court of IdahoDecided Feb 27, 201917-1026

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Emergency applications

102 applications

Awaiting actionPausing an executionJesse Guardado v. Richard Comerford, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionFiled Nov 3, 202626A634 Awaiting actionPausing an executionJesse Guardado v. FloridaStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionFiled Oct 30, 202626A623 DeniedDeath row clemency accessWilliam Reaves v. FloridaStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Oct 20, 202626A524 DeniedIntellectual disability and executionIn Re Jamaal HowardStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Oct 7, 202626A470 DeniedRepeat death row appeal deadlinesIn Re Jamaal HowardStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Oct 7, 202626A456 DeniedIntellectual disability and executionJamaal Howard v. TexasStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Oct 7, 202626A459 GrantedLast-minute execution stayKenneth Nelsen, Warden v. Christa Gail PikeVacatur application · Filed by a state or local governmentRuled Sep 30, 202626A428 DeniedCourt-ordered business searchesSwift Transportation of Arizona, LLC v. Francis J. Mathew, Judge, First Judicial District Court of New Mexico, Santa Fe CountyStay application · Filed by a private partyRuled Oct 2, 202626A447 DeniedStay of executionCurtis W. Beasley v. Richard Comerford, Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Sep 29, 202626A415 DeniedAccess to lethal injection challengesChrista Gail Pike v. TennesseeStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Sep 29, 202626A414 DeniedStaying an executionCurtis W. Beasley v. FloridaStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Sep 29, 202626A405 DeniedRace discrimination in jury selectionKer'Sean Olajuwa Ramey v. TexasStay application · Filed by a prisoner facing executionRuled Sep 23, 202626A380

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