drug-importation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6827 Victor Leon-Moya v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-importation drug-trafficking enhancement-factors importation jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness whether-defendant-directed-codefendant
22-5693 Rosa Isela Acuna v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-importation due-process mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant can be convicted and subjected to enhanced punishment for drug type and quantity without proof of knowledge
21-7958 Oscar Luna-Aquino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP aggravated-offense criminal-intent criminal-law drug-importation mens-rea sentencing-factors statutory-elements statutory-sentencing Whether a mens rea applies to the elements of an aggravated drug importation offense, where those elements substantially increase the statutory minimu…
21-6284 Marc Blane Baccus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP border-trafficking criminal-sentencing drug-importation drug-trafficking guideline-enhancement importation methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense mexico sentencing-guidelines Whether Appellant's Sentence should have been enhanced for methamphetamine Importation from Mexico under §2D1.1(B)(5)
20-8395 Luis Bernal-Villareal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP average-participant criminal-procedure drug-importation lower-courts minor-role sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 ussg-analysis Whether managers and supervisors should be considered 'average participants' for USSG § 3B1.2 minor role analysis
19-5574 Anthony Ray Welch v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-importation drug-offenses fifth-circuit listed-chemicals mens-rea methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense scienter scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether scienter is required for the two-level increase under USSG §2D1.1(b)(5) for the importation or manufacture of methamphetamine from imported ch…