No. 24-6112

Dekeilon Marquel Johnson v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender circuit-split federal-sentencing predicate-offense rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a career offender sentence should be determined based on predicate crimes at the time of sentencing or time of conviction given the current Circuit split

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW I. Should Mr. Johnson be sentenced as a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines based upon the current Circuit split of whether predicate crimes must be viewed at the “time of sentencing” for the federal offense or the “time of conviction” of the predicate offense. II. Whether the Rule of Lenity should apply in Petitioner’s case. i LIST OF ALL

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-13
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2025)

Attorneys

Dekeilon Johnson
Jeffrey C. RagerRager Law Firm, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent