No. 21-5595
Jovan Marquis Harris v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states causation criminal-law criminal-statute drug-crimes drug-distribution due-process overdose proximate-cause sentencing sentencing-enhancement
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Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-the-enhanced-penalty-for-death-resulting-from-use-of-a-substance-requires-proof-of-proximate-cause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . , (B}(1)(C)'S ENHANCED PENALTY "IF DEATH RESULTS" FROM THE USE | OF A SUBSTANCE, REQUIRES PROOF THAT THE PETITIONER WAS THE PROXIMATE CAUSE OF THAT DEATH? a 2.) WHETHER THE COURT BELOW MISAPPLIED THIS COURT'S HOLDING a IN BURRAGE V. UNITED STATES, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), WHEN IT _ AFFIRMED PETITIONER'S CONVICTION, WHICH WAS BASED ON THE STANDARD OF THE VICTIM OVERDOSED ON PETITIONER'S DRUGS? ,
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-07-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 8, 2021)
Attorneys
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent