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Criminal procedure cases

Search, seizure, trial rights, sentencing, habeas, and criminal enforcement cases.

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11 casesUpdated Jun 15, 2026

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24-5438

Michael Bowe, Petitioner v. United States

The Court vacated and remanded a case involving federal sentencing guidelines. The 5-4 decision, authored by Justice Sotomayor, addressed how courts s...

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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24-5774

Dwayne Barrett, Petitioner v. United States

The Supreme Court unanimously held that Congress did not authorize convictions under both 18 U.S.C. §§924(c)(1)(A)(i) and (j) for a single act that vi...

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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24-482

Holsey Ellingburg, Jr., Petitioner v. United States

The Court unanimously reversed and remanded an Eighth Circuit decision. Justice Kavanaugh authored the 9-0 opinion addressing federal criminal law que...

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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24-993

Gabriel Olivier, Petitioner v. City of Brandon, Mississippi

The Court is considering a civil rights case about qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. The case addresses the standard courts use to eval...

DetailedCivil RightsOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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25-297

Zorn v. Linton

The Court held that a Vermont state police sergeant was entitled to qualified immunity after using a wristlock to remove a protester who refused to le...

DetailedOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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24-7351

Terry Pitchford, Petitioner v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al.

Did the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably decide—under the standards set by federal habeas law—that Terry Pitchford gave up his right to argue th...

TrackingCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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24-556

Joe Fernandez, Petitioner v. United States

The Court is considering a federal criminal law question about the scope of a federal statute and its application to the defendant's conduct.

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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24-820

Daniel Rutherford, Petitioner v. United States

The Court is considering a federal criminal sentencing question about how courts should calculate the applicable guidelines range when multiple convic...

DetailedCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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25-5146

Ahmad Abouammo, Petitioner v. United States

Is venue proper in a district where no offense conduct took place, so long as the statute’s intent element “contemplates” effects that could occur the...

TrackingCriminal LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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