No. 18-5177

Herman Majors v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: concurrent-sentence criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantity due-process foreseeable-drug-quantity ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-prejudice sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant in a drug conspiracy case suffers prejudice when his attorney fails to argue at sentencing that foreseeable drug quantity is limited to the amount distributed during the duration of the defendant's participation in the conspiracy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW | I. Whether a defendant in a drug conspiracy case suffers prejudice when his attorney fails | to argue at sentencing that foreseeable drug quantity is limited to the amount distributed during the | duration of the defendant’s participation in the conspiracy. Il. Whether trial counsel’s failure to argue for a sentence concurrent to petitioner’s 10-year | state sentence constitutes ineffective assistance under the Sixth Amendment to the United States | Constitution. |

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2018-07-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)

Attorneys

Herman Majors
Kathleen G. Morris — Petitioner
Kathleen G. Morris — Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent