Dennis Dewayne Jackson v. United States
Punishment
whether-the-sentence-of-138-months'-imprisonment-imposed-on-a-first-time-offender-violated-the-eighth-amendment-prohibition-against-cruel-and-unusual-punishment
No question identified. : STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE(S) WHETHER THE SENTENCE OF 138 MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT IMPOSED ON A FIRST-TIME OFFENDER VIOLATED THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT WHERE MR. DENNIS JACKSON WAS CONVICTED OF NON-VIOLENT OFFENSES. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A PROCEDURALLY UNREASONABLE SENTENCE WHEN IT MISAPPLIED THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES WHICH RESULTED IN A SENTENCE OF 138 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR A FIRST TIME OFFENDER CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT OFFENSES. : WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED AN ERROR IN IMPOSINGAN UNREASONABLE SENTENCE UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS PARTICULAR CASE. i