No. 24-5117

Terrance Nathaniel Brown, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 21-usc-841 acquitted-conduct due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-sentencing
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-12-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the statutory sentence be based on marijuana under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D) and that the sentencing court erred in imposing a sentence above the statutory maximum

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW A. Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the general verdict required that the statutory sentence be based on marijuana under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D) and that the sentencing court erred in imposing a sentence above the statutory maximum. B. | Whether Brown’s right to due process and a jury trial was violated when the court increased Brown’s sentence based on conduct Brown was acquitted of committing after a jury trial. i

Docket Entries

2024-12-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2024.
2024-10-21
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-30
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-07-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2024)

Attorneys

Terrance Brown
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent