drug-statutes
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-5589 | Carrie Helen Fine v. Florida | Florida | 2022-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | amendment-challenge appeals constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment drug-statutes due-process evidence judgment-of-acquittal state-law | Whether the affirmation of the Appellant Court (that it was proper for trial court to deny Fine's Motions for judgment of Acquittal) was correct |
| 21-5016 | Salvador Acosta v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-07-06 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review criminal-knowledge criminal-law drug-statutes evidence harmless-error mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement testimony | Whether a federal court of appeals can reject a defendant's testimony denying the requisite criminal knowledge as implausible in determining that a pr… |
| 20-7253 | Nancy Cole v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-25 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statutes due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability | Whether the knowingly mens rea in the federal drug statutes applies to the elements of drug type and quantity |
| 19-6318 | Damon Tracy Locke v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-10-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-statute drug-statutes mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states plain-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Is the Eighth Circuit interpretation and application of drug statutes as qualifying offenses for career offender status in opposition to Mathis v. Uni… |