No. 18-8793

Larry Burstein v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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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 LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
Noel LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent