No. 20-5758
Damon Woodard v. United States
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 18-usc-924c1c congressional-amendment congressional-amendments first-time-offender first-time-offenders mandatory-minimum-sentences recidivism sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2020-10-30
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether this Court should revisit and recede from its decision in Deal v. United States, 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court should revisit and recede from its decision in Dea/ v. United States, 508 U.S. 129 (1993), which permits the “stacking” of mandatory minimum sentences for first-time offenders under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) for offenses contained within a single indictment, where subsequent Congressional amendments have superseded Dea/ and clarified that the true intent of the statute is to punish recidivism? ii
Docket Entries
2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
2020-09-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-09-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 19, 2020)
Attorneys
Damon Woodard
United States of America
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent