continuing-criminal-enterprise

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A855 Arvin Terrill Carmen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application continuing-criminal-enterprise effective-assistance jury-trial narcotics-violation sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict The question in this case centers on a determination of the proper application of 21 U.S.C. § 848(c)(2)(A) and what legal standards and facts are nece…
24-126 Benjamin Galecki, and Charles Burton Ritchie v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied chemical-structure continuing-criminal-enterprise controlled-substances criminal-law jury-instruction void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act of 1986 is void for vagueness as applied to the substance XLR-11? 2. Whether a co-defend…
23A559 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete continuing-criminal-enterprise criminal-statute fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment predicate-violations Question not identified.
22-7309 James H. Roane, Jr., and Richard Tipton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-18 Denied IFP continuing-criminal-enterprise covered-offense criminal-enterprise drug-weight drug-weight-threshold fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-range Whether the First Step Act's "covered offense" analysis turns upon whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the sentencing range for violation of a gi…
20-8036 Antonio Kevin McKoy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-criminal-enterprise criminal-procedure drug-penalties fourth-circuit-review jury-instructions plain-error sentencing-enhancements special-verdict WHETHER THE JURY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RETURN A SPECIAL VERDICT FORM ADDRESSING ALL ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTINUING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE (CCE), IN THA…