No. 20-7798

Christopher Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-20
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Relisted (4)IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance drug-transactions judicial-vindictiveness law-enforcement-officer occasions-different prosecutorial-vindictiveness sentencing sentencing-recommendation undercover-law-enforcement
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame 'committed on occasions different from one another' for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act where the same undercover law enforcement officer repeatedly bought personal use amounts of a controlled substance from a suspect?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame “committed on occasions different from one another” for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act where the same undercover law enforcement officer repeatedly bought personal use amounts of a controlled substance from a suspect? II. In the absence of an appeal waiver as part of a plea agreement, does a prosecutor’s increased sentencing recommendation and a district court’s imposition of a longer sentence following a defendant’s attempt to preserve objections to a presentence investigation report amount to prosecutorial or judicial vindictiveness, or are the more onerous recommendation and sentence legitimate responses to the defendant’s purported failure to accept responsibility for his offense? i

Docket Entries

2022-05-06
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2022-04-04
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>Wooden</i> v. <i>United States</i>, 595 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
2022-03-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2021-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2021-05-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 21, 2021.
2021-05-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2021 to June 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Christopher Williams
Becky KurzFederal Public Defender Office, Petitioner
Becky KurzFederal Public Defender Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent