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Sam Sando v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 25-1065 · judgment May 19, 2026
Question presented
Whether the district court properly (1) excluded the admission of sworn deposition statements used to impeach a hearsay declarant, (2) excluded a witness’s prior sworn testimony under Rule 801 when the testimony contained a statement against interest made by another declarant, (3) excluded evidence offered to impeach a government witness because the statement was made during an investigative interview, and (4) admitted evidence of an unrelated domestic incident under Rule 404(b) when the Government failed to identify a permissible non-propensity purpose for the evidence.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Alexander David Smith
Parrish Law Firm
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 13, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 13 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2026.
- Sep 22 2026Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Sep 11 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2026)