No. 23-6692

Mustafa Deville Reynolds v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aiding-and-abetting chain-of-distribution controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-05-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prosecution must prove aiding and abetting or Pinkerton coconspirator liability before a remote seller in a chain of distribution may be subjected to an enhanced penalty for death or serious bodily injury resulting from a third party's subsequent distribution of a controlled substance?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW |. Whether the prosecution must prove aiding and abetting or Pinkerton coconspirator liability before a remote seller in a chain of distribution may be subjected to an enhanced penalty for death or serious bodily injury resulting from a third party’s subsequent distribution of a controlled substance? ll. Whether in a prosecution for distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death or serious bodily injury, the government must negate the existence of other potential sources of the substance during the time gap between the distribution of the substance and the victim’s death or serious bodily injury? i

Docket Entries

2024-08-19
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-07-25
DISTRIBUTED.
2024-06-04
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-05-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2024.
2024-04-08
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-02-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 8, 2024.
2024-02-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 8, 2024 to April 8, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 8, 2024)

Attorneys

Mustafa Deville Reynolds
Dennis C. Belli — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent