double-counting

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7062 Damone D. Oakley v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-2326 criminal-procedure double-counting sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 2326(2) and Guideline enhancements implemented by the Sentencing Commission constitute double coun…
24A384 Ryan A. Fleming, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-22 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal double-counting eighth-circuit firearm-possession high-speed-chase sentencing-guidelines Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly applied the Sentencing Guidelines by double-counting a high-speed chase for both a firearm enhancement and a rec…
23-6054 In Re Christopher Thieme 2023-11-20 Denied IFP 5th-amendment constitutional-violation double-counting double-jeopardy due-process grouping multiple-punishment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Does the application of a four-level sentencing enhancement constitute impermissible double counting in violation of the 5th Amendment's Due Process a…
23-5583 Fernando Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence double-counting felon-in-possession fifth-amendment preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment Whether alleged possession of a different gun 17 months after Mr. Lopez's charged felon-in-possession offense constituted relevant-conduct
23-5512 Robinson Mendoza-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure double-counting due-process enhancement-application federal-sentencing governmental-officer obstruction-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether the guidelines' enhancement for obstruction of justice requires some conduct above and beyond the conduct comprising the offense of conviction
21-5548 Brent Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting firearm-possession plain-error reckless-endangerment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines vehicular-flight Did the district court plainly err when it applied a 2-level enhancement for 'reckless endangerment during flight' after already applying a 4-level 'i…
20-7218 Crystal Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-856 congressional-intent double-counting drug-involved-premise drug-sentencing fair-sentencing-act precedent sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Congress intended The Fair Sentencing Act to more severely punish persons sentenced under 21 U.S.C. §856 in what is a departure from over 20 y…
18-7262 Artak Ovsepian and Kenneth Wayne Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-1028a 18-usc-1028a apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-fines criminal-restitution double-counting identity-theft sentencing-guidelines u-s-code u.s.s.g.-2b1.6 Should the rule of Apprendi apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-6692 Richard D. Waterson, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing double-counting fairness justice procedural-reasonableness reasonableness recidivism recidivism-risk sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines Whether the sentence imposed on the petitioner was procedurally unreasonable
18-6347 Adam Brake v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP burglary criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-counting firearm-enhancement firearm-theft guideline-enhancements guideline-range sentencing-considerations sentencing-guidelines stolen-firearm u.s.s.g-2k2.1 Whether the district court erred in applying impermissible double counting when calculating the guideline range
18-5725 Alfred Thomas v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-calculations circuit-split criminal-sentencing double-counting firearms-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(b)(6)(b) u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(c) u.s.s.g.-5k2.6 upward-departure Whether the Second Circuit correctly held that it is permissible to upwardly depart for the severity of the underlying offense when a defendant has al…
18-5305 Aubry Rae Johnson v. Paul Copenhaver, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-counting due-process federal-custody federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus habeas-petition jurisdiction primary-jurisdiction sentencing state-custody time-served Does 18 U.S.C. § 3585 prevent a federal sentence from commencing where federal authorities do not have primary jurisdiction of the inmate?
18-5129 Rodolfo Trejo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-counting due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection immigration sentencing sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether Petitioner's Sentence Constitutes Impermissible Double Counting