alleyne-v-united-states

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23-7819 LaShonda O'Neill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion alleyne-v-united-states drug-quantities fifth-amendment harmless-error judicial-fact-finding plain-error sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its review of the District Court's fact-finding and sentencing enhancements
23-6038 Lakeith Lynn Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-17 GVR Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt minimum-and-maximum-sentences prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require facts to prove prior convictions for ACCA sentencing be alleged in indictment and proven to jury?
23-5606 Samuel Valencia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-18 GVR Relisted (3)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require facts to prove a defendant's prior convictions were for offenses committed on 'occasions different from one …
22-5288 Kendale Welborn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-sentencing drug-offenses methamphetamine-actual methamphetamine-mixture plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the use of Methamphetamine Actual to determine the Guideline Offense Level and potential sentence, when the Defendant was charged with and ple…
21-8187 Jesse Bell v. Florida Florida 2022-06-21 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-standard due-process mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona standard-of-proof Whether the Due Process Clause requires the additional determinations under Florida's capital sentencing scheme to be made beyond a reasonable doubt
21-6654 Donald H. Davidson, Jr. v. Florida Florida 2021-12-17 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process hurst-v-florida mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona sentencing-determination Whether the Due Process Clause requires the additional determinations under Florida's capital sentencing scheme to be made beyond a reasonable doubt b…
21-6429 Randall T. Deviney v. Florida Florida 2021-11-24 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment functional-elements hurst-v-florida ring-v-arizona Whether the Due Process Clause requires additional determinations under Florida's capital sentencing scheme to be made beyond a reasonable doubt
21-5970 Fredrick Devone Flemming v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-delinquency prior-conviction sentencing-factor sentencing-factors sixth-amendment stare-decisis Whether the Almendarez-Torres 'prior conviction' exception to the Sixth Amendment should be expanded to include prior juvenile delinquency adjudicatio…
21-5672 Wayne C. Doty v. Florida Florida 2021-09-14 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing due-process jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Whether the Due Process Clause and right to a jury trial require additional determinations under Florida's capital sentencing scheme to be made beyond…
21-5302 Roosevelt Rico Dahda v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-sentencing drug-quantity jury-determination mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sixth-amendment statutory-maximum statutory-maximum-sentence Whether a finding on the issue of drug quantity that increases the statutory maximum sentence requires the jury to make an individualized determinatio…
21-5280 Robert Craft v. Florida Florida 2021-08-03 Denied IFP aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process hurst-v-florida reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Whether the Due Process Clause requires the determination that sufficient aggravating factors exist to justify imposing a death sentence to be made be…
21-5233 Abel Guillermo Godoy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process elements-of-crime jury-determination legal-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-factors sixth-amendment Should the Court finally overrule Almendarez-Torres?
20-7461 David Kendrick v. United States Third Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregation alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantity mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rowe-interpretation threshold-quantity united-states-v-rowe Whether the government must prove the defendant conspired to actually possess the threshold drug amount at a given time, rather than rely on an aggreg…
20-6776 Charod Becton v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial pinkerton-doctrine sixth-amendment Should this Court abrogate the judicially established Pinkerton doctrine
20-5041 Justin L. Sain v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-standard Alleyne-v-United-States burden-of-proof criminal-sentencing drug-statute federal-drug-statute mandatory-minimum Mullaney-v-Wilbur safety-valve Whether the government, instead of the individual, is required to prove at least one safety-valve fact beyond a reasonable doubt pursuant to Alleyne-v…
19-8478 John King v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-fact-finding mcmillan-v-pennsylvania preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts Can a judge rely on facts not found by a jury to enhance a sentence after this Court's decision in United States v. Alleyne, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), where…
19-7516 Mary Mosley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquitted-conduct double-jeopardy due-process fifth-circuit jury-verdict nelson-v-colorado sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Did the panel err by upholding the application of an enhancement for brandishing or possessing a firearm when Miss Mosley was acquitted by a jury of t…
19-7515 Andy Nguyen v. California California 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding preponderance-of-evidence sentencing stare-decisis Should the Court reconsider its majority opinion in Oregon v. Ice
19-6885 Antonio Escobar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states fourth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation traffic-stop Whether the mens rea requirement in 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) applies to drug type and quantity
19-6282 Aldo Salazar-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offenses drug-statute due-process federal-criminal-code flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the 'knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 960(a) applies to the drug type and quantity elements in 21 U.S.C. § 960(b)
19-5913 Sammie Lee Smith, IV v. Florida Florida 2019-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-crime aggravated-offense alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-charging criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sexual-felony Whether the facts triggering a mandatory minimum sentence under Florida's Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act, § 794.0115, Fla. Stat. (2016), togethe…
19-5889 Jonathan Torres-Arroyo v. New Jersey New Jersey 2019-09-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure judicial-findings jury-trial mandatory-minimum ring-v-arizona sentencing sentencing-court state-v-kiriakakis Did the New Jersey Courts make an invalid distinction from Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), in holding that the defendant's right to a ju…
19-5630 Roosevelt Stolden v. California California 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis Should the Court reconsider its majority opinion in Oregon v. Ice
19-5037 Gilberto Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute descamps-v-united-states district-court-fact-finding felon-in-possession johnson-descamps-precedent johnson-v-united-states mens-rea Should the District Court be allowed to find the facts necessary in order to qualify defendant as an Armed Career Criminal or should precedent such as…
18-9699 Jose Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the 'knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 960(a) applies to the offense elements of drug type and drug quantity in …
18-9105 Samuel Eugene Geddie v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-crimes alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states court-of-appeals criminal-classification criminal-law due-process north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred by holding there are 'no aggravated crimes' in North Carolina, when the Supreme Court has held in Al…
18-8900 Juan Garcia Herrera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process judicial-factfinding jury-trial mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the enhanced-penalty provisions of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b) and 851 that require judicial factfinding about a prior conviction to increase the mand…
18-8673 Jamael Stubbs v. United States Third Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 133 S.Ct. 2151 (2013) 6th-amendment alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states constructive-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-challenge sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance
18-8360 Fernando Castillo-Quintanilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif sentencing strict-liability Whether the 'knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 960(a) applies to the offense elements of drug type and drug quantity in …
18-8007 Kenneth R. Beagle v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling Alleyne-v-United-States constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process Montgomery-v-Louisiana retroactivity retroactivity-doctrine supreme-court teague-doctrine Teague-v-Lane Did the court in Montgomery v. Louisiana identify, for the first time, a third criteria for determining which of its rulings may be applied retroactiv…
18-7818 Marcos Castaneda v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process judicial-finding jury-trial mandatory-minimum preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court commits procedural error by basing its sentencing guideline calculation on a discretionary judicial finding by a preponderanc…
18-7473 William Dale Albright v. Kansas Kansas 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent Does this Court's decision in Alleyne v. United States, 570 US 99 (2013) announce a new rule or was it dictated by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 US 466 …
18-7310 Kadeem Thomas v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling alleyne-v-united-states appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability direct-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurist-standard retroactivity Should the district court judge issue or deny a certificate of appealability
18-7204 Julio Rolon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied IFP Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya Whether the mandatory life sentence for a reverse sting Hobbs Act robbery case with no actual drugs should be overturned based on conflicts with Supre…
18-6707 Alberto Jair Proa-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 960(a) applies to the drug type and quantity elements in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(…
18-614 In Re George Houston 2018-11-09 Denied alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey collateral-review conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-quantity jurisdictional-error mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the individualized drug quantity or the amount of drugs attributable to the conspiracy as a whole can trigger the mandatory minimum sentence f…
18-6205 Eliseo Guevara-Guevara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-punishment immigration-law indictment judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing Whether a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment before a defendant is subjected to enhanced punishment under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)
18-5935 Julio Cesar Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the knowingly or intentionally' mens rea in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 960(a) applies to the drug type and quantity elements in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(…
18-5748 Rory Allen Meeks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states appellate-review constructive-amendment criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses jury-instructions mccoy-v-louisiana mens-rea sentencing sixth-amendment Whether reasonable jurists might debate the application of Alleyne and Apprendi to mens rea and constructive amendment
18-5663 Curtis Lee Dale v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing,mandatory-minimum,ju drug-quantity due-process eighth-circuit-error fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,drug-sniffing- fourth-amendment,search-and-seizure,reasonable-exp jury-findings jury-rejection mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement Did the U.S. Court of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit err when it increased the Defendant's mandatory minimum sentence on the basis of a drug quantity …
18-5378 Alejandro Chavez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
18-5166 Darrell Taylor v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP alleyne-retroactivity alleyne-v-united-states collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation retroactivity sentencing supreme-court-precedent time-limitations Did the Lower Courts incorrectly hold that Alleyne v. United States did not affect time limitations and held not retroactive on collateral review when…