| 24-7429 |
Randy Torres v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2025-06-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-standard circuit-split constructive-amendment racketeering-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement special-sentencing-factor |
Whether the district court's final jury instruction for the Special Sentencing Factor violated Apprendi v. New Jersey and constructively amended the i… |
| 22-7906 |
Lamar McDonald v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-06-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence void-for-vagueness |
Is Apprendi v. New Jersey Still Good Caselaw? |
| 20-6841 |
Steven Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-01-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
apprendi apprendi-standard circuit-split covered-offense drug-quantity federal-criminal-statute first-step-act sentencing sentencing-range statutory-penalties |
Whether the statutory penalties in § 404(a) of the First Step Act modify the entire phrase — 'a violation of a Federal criminal statute' — or whether … |
| 19-7251 |
William McNeal v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
Apprendi apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure degree-classification due-process essential-element essential-elements jury-trial reclassification sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether Florida's interpretation of 'essential element' is contrary to Apprendi v. New Jersey |
| 19-6478 |
Abdul King Garba, et al. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony jackson-v-virginia kumho-tire ninth-circuit restitution sufficiency-of-evidence sufficient-evidence supreme-court-precedent weight-vs-admissibility |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Memorandum conflicted with this Court's decisions (e.g., Kumho Tire) regarding whether unreliability of an expert's testimon… |