de-novo-resentencing

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5003 Eric Richard Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-conviction de-novo-resentencing fifth-circuit-interpretation mandate-rule sentencing-discretion Did the Fifth Circuit misapply its restrictive interpretation of the mandate rule which does not permit de novo resentencing, but limits to resentenci…
23-5569 Francisco Gutierrez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-procedure de-novo-resentencing de-novo-review judicial-discretion law-of-case law-of-the-case open-record resentencing sentencing Does law of the case apply to an appeal from a de novo resentencing on an open record?
22-7121 Christopher Barret v. United States Second Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure de-novo-resentencing de-novo-review direct-appeal resentencing sentencing sentencing-discretion vacatur 1. Whether, following the vacatur of one or more counts, either pursuant to a direct appeal or a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, a district court must conduc…
19-6313 Mario Ronrico Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP ACCA-enhanced-sentence armed-career-criminal-act concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-sentencing de-novo-resentencing multi-count-conviction post-conviction-review sentencing-package-doctrine unconstitutional-sentence Whether the sentencing package doctrine, rather than the concurrent sentence doctrine, must be applied on post-conviction review of a meritorious chal…
18-9123 Jovan McClenton v. California California 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP discretion due-process eighth-amendment miller-v-alabama sentencing de-novo-resentencing discretionary-sentencing eighth-amendment hallmark-features-of-youth juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama proportionality Is de novo resentencing required where lengthy, fully determinate sentences, primarily based on the discretion of the trial court, were imposed on juv…
18-5168 Jose Palacios, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing de-novo-resentencing due-process remand remand-rule resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines The Fifth Circuit, and two other circuits, have interpreted the mandate rule in a "restrictive" or "waiver" approach, meaning that when a case is rema…