No. 18-6206

Jason Randall Howard v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-disparities sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness variance-sentence
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Latest Conference: 2018-11-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is Howard's 457% above-guideline variance sentence procedurally unreasonable because the District Court failed to consider the need to avoid unwarranted disparities between Howard's sentence and those imposed upon defendants with similar or worse records?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1 Is Howard’s 457% above-guideline variance sentence procedurally unreasonable because the District Court failed to consider the need to avoid unwarranted disparities between Howard’s sentence and those imposed upon defendants with similar or worse records? Il. Is Howard’s 457% above-guideline variance sentence substantively unreasonable because it is greater than necessary to achieve its stated purpose “to protect the public from further crimes of the defendant?”

Docket Entries

2018-11-05
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
2018-10-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-09-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2018)

Attorneys

Jason Randall Howard
William Leonard Pennington — Petitioner
William Leonard Pennington — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent