No. 25-7215

Donald Andre Jacobs v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-04-16
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act burglary-convictions judicial-fact-finding sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment-jury-trial wooden-v-united-states
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the imposition of an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), where petitioner's prior burglary convictions arose from offenses committed in the same building over a short time period and were treated as having been committed on "occasions different from one another," in conflict with this Court's decision in Wooden v. United States, 595 U.S. 360 (2022), and whether the Fifth Circuit further erred by permitting judicial fact-finding of ACCA predicate "occasions" in violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments and this Court's subsequent decision in United States v. Erlinger.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act where prior burglary convictions from offenses in the same building were treated as separate 'occasions' in conflict with Wooden v. United States, and whether judicial fact-finding of ACCA predicate 'occasions' violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments

Docket Entries

2025-10-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 18, 2026)

Attorneys

Donald Andre Jacobs
Donald Andre Jacobs — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent