No. 20-8094

Corey L. Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: covered-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy federal-sentencing first-step-act multi-object-conspiracy rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Where there is ambiguity as to which penalty applies in a multi-object conspiracy that is a covered offense pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, does the Rule of Lenity require the court to impose the less strict of the two penalties?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-05-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Corey Johnson
Corey L. Johnson — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent