No. 20-5409

Johnathan Scott Keen v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law drug-offenses due-process felony-enhancement mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Mr. Keen's prior Florida drug convictions qualified as 'felony drug offenses' under 21 U.S.C. 851

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE(S) L ISSUE 1 Whether, as preserved, the District Court erred as a matter of (Constitutional) Law in finding Mr. Keen’s prior Florida drug convictions qualified as “felony drug offenses” under 21 U.S.C. 851 because, lacking a mens rea element, his prior convictions did not qualify as generic drug offenses. ISSUE I Whether Mr. Keen’s Sentence was improperly enhanced under 21 U.S.C. 851. ISSUE Tt Whether Mr. Keen’s Sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the District Court improperly counted his two prior Felony convictions separately in determining whether the Career Offender designation applied under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a). | i | |

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States Of America to respond filed.
2020-08-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Johnathan Keen
Noel LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
Noel LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
United States Of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent