No. 20-7637
Derrick Gregory James v. Florida Department of Corrections
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: corrections-department cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference:
2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Can a state corrections arbitrarily change a defendant's prison sentence, nearly two decades later, even after having initially structured said court-imposed sentence?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Can A State Corrections Arbitrarily Change A Defendant's Prison Sentence , Wearly Two Decades Later, Even After Having Initionally Structured Said Court . | Imposed Sentence; And, If So, Does Such Clears The Way Of And/Or To An , Exception OF A Fifth Amendment Double Jeopardy Violation? = , : |
Docket Entries
2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-05-04
Waiver of right of respondent Florida Dept. of Corrections to respond filed.
2021-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 3, 2021)
Attorneys
Florida Dept. of Corrections
Beverly Bartlett Brewster — Office of General Counsel, Respondent
Beverly Bartlett Brewster — Office of General Counsel, Respondent