Decisions the desk read this week

120 decisions

1. Ohio · Nov 6, 2026State v. Davis Ineffective counselProsecutor conduct
2. Ohio · Nov 6, 2026State v. Pulley Time limits and barsProsecutor conductNew evidenceDisclosure
3. Delaware · Nov 6, 2026Massey v. State Ineffective counselForensic evidenceTime limits and barsJury issues
4. Kansas · Nov 6, 2026State v. Rhodes Forensic evidence
5. Nebraska · Nov 6, 2026State v. Robinson Time limits and bars
6. United States (federal) · Nov 6, 2026United States v. Gerald Cook, Jr. InformantsConfessions
7. Delaware · Nov 5, 2026Miller v. State DisclosureIneffective counselTime limits and bars
8. New York · Nov 5, 2026People v. Wilson ConfessionsIneffective counsel
9. Arkansas · Nov 5, 2026Danny Maurice Brown, Jr. v. State of Arkansas Forensic evidence
10. Ohio · Nov 5, 2026State v. Fay Ineffective counsel
11. New York · Nov 5, 2026People v. Baublitz InformantsForensic evidence
12. New York · Nov 5, 2026People v. Murphy Ineffective counselInformants
13. Ohio · Nov 5, 2026State v. Terrell Identification
14. New York · Nov 5, 2026People v. Mendes Jury issues
15. Florida · Nov 5, 2026James Guzman v. State of Florida Jury issues
16. UK Supreme Court · Nov 4, 2026Kerish International Motors Agency (Appellant) v Opel Automobile GmbH (Respondent) New evidence
17. Colorado · Nov 4, 2026In Re The People of the State of Colorado v. Michael Martin Clark Forensic evidence
18. UK Supreme Court · Nov 4, 2026JCPC/2015/0020 Ruddock (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica) Sufficiency of evidence
19. Privy Council · Nov 4, 2026Ruddock (Appellant) v The Queen (Respondent) (Jamaica) Sufficiency of evidence
20. Iowa · Nov 4, 2026State of Iowa v. Gena Markay Thompson Guilty pleas
21. Connecticut · Nov 3, 2026Garofalo v. Commissioner of Correction Ineffective counselTime limits and barsConfessionsInformants
22. Mississippi · Nov 3, 2026Glenn Antoine Rash a/k/a Glenn Antone Rash a/k/a Glenn Rash v. State of Mississippi Jury issuesForensic evidence
23. Georgia · Nov 3, 2026Blackwell v. State Ineffective counselForensic evidence
24. Ohio · Nov 2, 2026State v. Luster Ineffective counselActual innocenceRecantationSufficiency of evidence
25. Ohio · Nov 2, 2026State v. Wright Ineffective counselActual innocenceProsecutor conduct
26. Ohio · Nov 2, 2026State v. Smith Ineffective counsel
27. Ohio · Nov 2, 2026State v. Noling Forensic evidence
28. Vermont · Nov 2, 2026Stephen Maynus v. State of Vermont Time limits and bars
29. New York · Oct 30, 2026People v. Thomas IdentificationActual innocence
30. Texas · Oct 30, 2026Omar Monarca-Hernandez v. the State of Texas Ineffective counselIdentification
31. Texas · Oct 30, 2026Lavillia Chantael Spry v. the State of Texas Ineffective counselSufficiency of evidence
32. Texas · Oct 30, 2026Blain Bradley Talasek v. the State of Texas Ineffective counsel
33. Ohio · Oct 30, 2026State v. Jeffers Prosecutor conductForensic evidence
34. United States (federal) · Oct 29, 2026United States v. Harris Actual innocence
35. New York · Oct 29, 2026People v. Perry Forensic evidence
36. Ohio · Oct 29, 2026State v. Martin Time limits and barsDisclosureForensic evidence
37. Tennessee · Oct 29, 2026Brandon E. Banks v. State of Tennessee Ineffective counsel
38. Florida · Oct 29, 2026Jesse Guardado v. State of Florida Time limits and bars
39. Arkansas · Oct 28, 2026Darryl Williams v. State of Arkansas Ineffective counsel
40. Arkansas · Oct 28, 2026Ronald Robinson v. State of Arkansas Ineffective counsel
41. Ohio · Oct 28, 2026State v. McCrary Guilty pleas
42. Arkansas · Oct 28, 2026Corey Turner v. State of Arkansas Time limits and bars
43. Mississippi · Oct 27, 2026Steven Sencial a/k/a Steven J. Sencial a/k/a Steven Jay Sencial v. State of Mississippi Ineffective counselGuilty pleas
44. Mississippi · Oct 27, 2026Charles Issac Fisher, Jr. a/k/a Charles I. Fisher, Jr. a/k/a Charles Fisher v. State of Mississippi Time limits and bars
45. Delaware · Oct 23, 2026State v. Mayfield New evidenceActual innocenceTime limits and barsIneffective counsel
46. Ohio · Oct 23, 2026State v. Quinn Ineffective counselNew evidenceForensic evidenceTime limits and bars
47. Ohio · Oct 23, 2026State v. Peterson Guilty pleasActual innocenceJury issues
48. Ohio · Oct 23, 2026State v. Yarbrough New evidenceTime limits and bars
49. North Carolina · Oct 23, 2026State v. Latta Guilty pleas
50. Massachusetts · Oct 23, 202625-1486 US v. Barros Brandao Confessions
51. Florida · Oct 22, 2026Daniel Jacob Craven, Jr. v. State of Florida & Daniel Jacob Craven, Jr. v. Secretary, Department of Corrections Time limits and barsIneffective counselNew evidenceDisclosure
52. Florida · Oct 22, 2026Richard Wallace Rhodes v. State of Florida DisclosureRecantationNew evidenceTime limits and bars
53. Yukon · Oct 22, 2026Government of Yukon et al v Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2026 YKCA 14 October 22, 2026 Time limits and bars
54. United States (federal) · Oct 22, 2026First Solar Electric LLC v. Zurich American Insurance Company Time limits and bars
55. Massachusetts · Oct 22, 202625-1506 MW Gestion v. 1Globe Capital LLC New evidence
56. Texas · Oct 21, 2026Brent Laray Tucker v. the State of Texas Forensic evidence
57. Florida · Oct 21, 2026Herman Lindsey v. State of Florida Actual innocenceTime limits and bars
58. Georgia · Oct 21, 2026Jimaine Flowers v. State of Georgia Time limits and bars
59. Mississippi · Oct 20, 2026Adrian Brown a/k/a Adrian Kentrell Brown v. State of Mississippi Jury issues
60. United States (federal) · Oct 19, 2026Charlie Foster v. United States Actual innocenceTime limits and bars
61. United States (federal) · Oct 16, 2026Morillo v. United StatesBriefTime limits and barsIneffective counselGuilty pleas
62. Delaware · Oct 15, 2026State v. Broomer Actual innocenceNew evidenceForensic evidenceTime limits and bars
63. Scotland · Oct 15, 2026Appeal against Conviction by Paul McCann against His Majesty's Advocate DisclosureActual innocence
64. Georgia · Oct 14, 2026Darby v. State Jury issuesIneffective counsel
65. Kentucky · Oct 9, 2026Michael E. Moore v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Forensic evidence
66. Mississippi · Oct 8, 2026Devin Allen Bennett v. State of Mississippi Time limits and bars
67. United States (federal) · Oct 8, 2026USA v. Junior Xavier Chirino-Lovera Jury issues
68. Scotland · Oct 7, 2026Appeal Against Conviction by WX against His Majesty’s Advocate Jury issuesActual innocenceForensic evidence
69. Iowa · Oct 7, 2026Justin Paul Atkins v. State of Iowa Ineffective counsel
70. United States (federal) · Oct 7, 2026Curtrina Martin, et al v. USA, et al Forensic evidence
71. Idaho · Oct 2, 2026Idaho State Bar v. Jeffrey J. Hepworth ConfessionsNew evidenceActual innocenceTime limits and bars
72. Arizona · Oct 2, 2026State of Arizona v. Hector Eduardo Gonzalez Forensic evidenceTime limits and bars
73. Arkansas · Oct 1, 2026Billy Nelson v. State of Arkansas Ineffective counsel
74. United States (federal) · Sep 30, 2026Nicholas Tate v. Warden GDCP Ineffective counsel
75. Tennessee · Sep 28, 2026Quantavious Williams v. State of Tennessee Ineffective counsel
76. Delaware · Sep 28, 2026Wilson v. State Forensic evidence
77. Scotland · Sep 25, 2026Reference under section 123(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by His Majesty’s Advocate against PK Forensic evidenceIdentificationSufficiency of evidence
78. District of Columbia · Sep 24, 2026Faltz v. United States Forensic evidenceActual innocenceIdentificationNew evidence
79. Minnesota · Sep 23, 2026State of Minnesota v. Lee Wayne Young, Jr. Forensic evidence
80. Scotland · Sep 23, 2026Appeal against Conviction by Nairn Sharp against His Majesty’s AdvocateBriefActual innocence
81. Minnesota · Sep 23, 2026State of Minnesota v. Michael Lee LaFlex Jury issues
82. Massachusetts · Sep 22, 2026Commonwealth v. Williams Forensic evidence
83. Idaho · Sep 22, 2026Jevon Oly Goff v. State of Idaho Ineffective counsel
84. Mississippi · Sep 22, 2026Demarco Ladrelle Marquiz Woodard a/k/a Demarco Woodard a/k/a Demarco L. Woodard v. State of Mississippi Time limits and barsIneffective counsel
85. United States (federal) · Sep 22, 2026Chanda Callaway v. Mason Adcock Confessions
86. Delaware · Sep 21, 2026Brian Wilson aka Fudayl Wakim v. State of Delaware Ineffective counselDisclosureNew evidenceTime limits and bars
87. Arizona · Sep 16, 2026State v. Rodriguez DisclosureTime limits and barsNew evidence
88. Mississippi · Sep 15, 2026Justin Alexzander Geantt a/k/a Justin Alexander Geantt a/k/a Justin A. Geantt v. State of Mississippi Forensic evidence
89. Alabama · Sep 14, 2026George Martin v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections DisclosureSufficiency of evidenceTime limits and barsProsecutor conduct
90. Scotland · Sep 10, 2026Appeal against Conviction and Sentence by CS against His Majesty’s Advocate Actual innocence
91. United States (federal) · Sep 9, 2026USA v. Rodney Leroy Brown Forensic evidence
92. Yukon · Aug 28, 2026R v Blanchard, 2026 YKCA 12 August 28, 2026 Informants
93. Florida · Aug 25, 2026Jeremy Ellis v. Sheriff, Hillsborough County Florida Jury issuesConfessions
94. United States (federal) · Aug 24, 2026USA v. Samuel Arthur Thompson Forensic evidenceDisclosure
95. Alabama · Aug 21, 2026Wakilii Brown v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections Forensic evidence
96. Scotland · Aug 21, 2026Crown Appeal under section 74(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by His Majesty's Advocate against Michael Neil New evidence
97. United States (federal) · Aug 21, 2026Rishi Ramdial v. U.S. Attorney General Jury issues
98. United States (federal) · Aug 18, 2026Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Time limits and bars
99. United States (federal) · Aug 18, 2026USA v. Kenneth Mininger Forensic evidence
100. United States (federal) · Aug 18, 2026USA v. Steven Chun, et al Jury issues
101. United States (federal) · Aug 7, 2026USA v. Cristian Ponce Forensic evidenceJury issues
102. Yukon · Aug 6, 2026R v Amin, 2026 YKCA 11 August 6, 2026 New evidence
103. Scotland · Aug 5, 2026Appeal following a reference from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission by James Gibson against His Majesty's Advocate Actual innocenceNew evidenceForensic evidence
104. United States (federal) · Aug 5, 2026Davita M. Key v. Dynamic Security, Inc. Jury issues
105. United States (federal) · Aug 5, 2026USA v. Augustus C. Romain, Jr., et al Jury issuesProsecutor conduct
106. United States (federal) · Aug 5, 2026USA v. Alexander Alli Jury issues
107. Scotland · Aug 4, 2026Appeal against Conviction by AA against His Majesty’s AdvocateBriefForensic evidenceJury issuesActual innocence
108. United States (federal) · Aug 4, 2026Deltona Transformer Corporation v. The Noco Company Jury issues
109. United States (federal) · Aug 4, 2026USA v. Latona Mae Lambert ConfessionsSufficiency of evidence
110. United States (federal) · Aug 4, 2026Estella Curry v. Warden Time limits and barsForensic evidence
111. Scotland · Jul 31, 2026Appeal under section 194ZB(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by Michael Stachan against His Majesty's Advocate Actual innocence
112. Scotland · Jul 31, 2026Appeal under section 194ZB(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by Michael Stachan against Procurator Fiscal, Edinburgh Actual innocence
113. Scotland · Jul 31, 2026Appeal against Sentence by Curtis Lee Ross against His Majesty’s Advocate Forensic evidence
114. United States (federal) · Jul 31, 2026USA v. Elizabeth Hernandez Jury issuesConfessions
115. Scotland · Jul 24, 2026Appeal against Conviction by Jamie Neller against His Majesty’s Advocate Actual innocence
116. United States (federal) · Jul 22, 2026USA v. Gray Rivera Forensic evidence
117. United States (federal) · Jul 9, 2026USA v. Richard Brillhart Jury issuesForensic evidence
118. Scotland · Jul 8, 2026Appeal against Conviction by James Donaldson or Murray against His Majesty’s Advocate Actual innocence
119. Scotland · Jul 7, 2026Appeal against Conviction by JH against His Majesty's Advocate Forensic evidenceActual innocence
120. United States (federal) · Jul 7, 2026Mitchell Marbury v. Warden III, et al Sufficiency of evidence