No. 20-6153

Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-law drug-statute drug-trafficking proximate-causation proximate-cause rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'death enhancement' of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) requires proximate causation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I Whether the “death enhancement” of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) requires proximate causation when the statute’s language is ambiguous — triggering the rule of lenity in favor of its requirement — and general criminal law principles and this Court’s jurisprudence favor proximate cause. 1

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 27, 2020)

Attorneys

Jurmaine Jeffries
Claire Roxanne CahoonOffice of the Federal Public Defender Northern Dist. of OH, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent