No. 19-8333

Nekhent Supreme Ali, aka William Sean Perry, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-04-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 21-usc-841 criminal-procedure criminal-statute currency-conversion drug-proceeds drug-weight due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-05-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether federal courts are required to use the lowest drug present in the defendant's instant offense when converting currency drug proceeds into drug weight for sentencing under 21 U.S.C. § 841

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether in the conversion of currency drug proceeds into drug weight for purposes of sentencing criminal violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841, federal courts are required by due process to use the lowest drug present in the defendant’s instant offense. i

Docket Entries

2020-05-26
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
2020-04-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Nekhent Ali
Seth Allen NeyhartLaw Office of Seth A. Neyhart, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent