No. 18-6119

Gary Long, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split criminal-sentencing de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment federal-court-split federal-courts life-sentence sentencing-analysis sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent term-of-years
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district and appellate court failed to conduct the proper analysis of imposing a de facto life sentence on the petitioner?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether the district and appellate court failed to conduct the ; proper analysis of imposing a de facto life sentence on the petitioner? 2. Whether the circuit split between the Third and Eighth circuits are erroneous and create a geographical federal court split? 3. Whether the district and appellate court decision are contrary to established supreme court precedent? 4, Whether a "term-of-years" sentence is the same as a "life sentence"? , Vet OOO OO ee Te: aaa

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-10-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)

Attorneys

Gary Long
Gary Lee Long Jr. — Petitioner
Gary Lee Long Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent