No. 22-7900

David Wright, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines state-statutes statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime, and by using a repealed state statute decriminalizing gun possession, to increase his guideline range

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime, and by using a repealed state statute decriminalizing gun possession, to increase his guideline range. i

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-31
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2023-06-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 31, 2023)

Attorneys

David Wright, Jr.
Dean Alan StowersStowers & Nelsen PLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent