empirical-basis

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-6921 Elier Isai Marquez-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure empirical-basis fifth-circuit illegal-reentry presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a presumption of reasonableness on appeal does not apply to a sentence produced by the illegal reentry guideline, §2L1.2, because that guideli…
20-5853 Ubaldo Gabriel Acosta-Leyva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-guidelines drug-offense due-process empirical-basis fifth-circuit presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentence produced by the drug guideline, §2D1.1, is not entitled to a presumption of reasonableness on appeal
20-5227 Jesus Hernandez-Medrano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process empirical-basis fifth-circuit illegal-reentry presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a presumption of reasonableness on appeal does not apply to a sentence produced by the illegal reentry guideline, §2L1.2, because that guideli…
19-5182 Geovanny Antonio Loyola-Villegas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied IFP appellate-review empirical-basis federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plain-error presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's sente…
19-5083 Aaron Clayton McVea v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-vs-second-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline-a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiric…
18-6600 Ringo Recto Labrador v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline entitled to a presumption of reasonableness?
18-5913 Alfonso Escobedo Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-review second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline entitled to a presumption of reasonableness?
18-5516 Isaiah Galbreath v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline, which was crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or emp…
18-5171 Erick Rolando Lopez-Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process empirical-basis federal-sentencing illegal-reentry immigration presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines Whether a sentence produced by the former illegal-reentry guideline, §2L1.2, is entitled to a presumption of reasonableness on appeal