No. 20-7872

Jeremy Darnell Morton v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment appeal attempt-offense career-offender controlled-substance criminal-procedure guideline-range harmless-error search-and-seizure sentencing
Latest Conference: 2021-05-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Did the court of appeals err in using the harmless error rule to resolve the illegal search
and seizure of $8,300?

II. Was the career offender guideline range applied in error based on convictions that
amounted to attempt offenses and thus do not meet the guideline definition of
"controlled substance offense"?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court of appeals err in using the harmless error rule to resolve the illegal search and seizure of $8,300?

Docket Entries

2021-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
2021-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-04-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2021)

Attorneys

Jeremy Morton
Britt Morton CobbWilley and Chamberlain, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent