No. 18-8793
Larry Burstein v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-proportionality constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing drug-crimes drug-dealing drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment elderly-defendant elderly-offenders non-violent-crime non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-05-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a forty-eight (48) month prison sentence for a first time non-violent, drug dealing, sixty-nine (69) year old grandfather is unreasonable, violative of the United States Constitution and Supreme Court precedent
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
No question identified. : STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE(S) WHETHER A FORTY-EIGHT (48) MONTH PRISON SENTENCE ___. _ FOR A FIRST TIME NON-VIOLENT, DRUG DEALING, SIXTY-NINE (69) YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER, IS UNREASONABLE, VIOLATIVE OF | THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT. BS oe | . | |
Docket Entries
2019-05-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2019.
2019-04-29
Waiver of right of respondent UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to respond filed.
2019-04-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 13, 2019)
Attorneys
LARRY BURSTEIN
Noel Lawrence — LAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
Noel Lawrence — LAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent