Lavares Detroen Watkins v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether due process is violated when a court sentences a defendant to a term of imprisonment that exceeds the otherwise-applicable statutory maximum sentence authorized by Congress for the crime
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER DUE PROCESS IS VIOLATED WHEN A COURT SENTENCES A DEFENDANT TO . A TERM OF IMPRISONMENT THAT EXCEEDS THE STATUTORY : MAXIMUM SENTENCE AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS FOR THE CRIME; WHERE THE DEFENDANT’S FLAT, CATEGORICAL INELIGIBILITY FOR HIS ACCA-ENHANCED SENTENCE ' WOULD SUFFICE TO EXCUSE THE TIME BAR BY THE APPLICABLE ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATION, PURSUANT! TO THE AEDPA, UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2255(£)(3), PUR“W/ SUANT THE "ACTUAL INNOCENT" EXCEPTION AND DOCIRINE, IN LIGHT OF SAWYER oy. WHITLEY, 505 U.S. 333, 112 S.Ct. 2514, 120 L.Ed.2d 269 (1992)?