| 24A85 |
David Vargas v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-23 |
Presumed Complete |
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circuit-split criminal-law enhancement physical-restraint sentencing-guidelines tenth-circuit |
Whether the phrase 'physical restraint' in the United States Sentencing Guidelines requires actual physical confinement or can include psychological c… |
| 23-7049 |
Daniel Arsenio Rodgers v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-03-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crime-lab criminal-procedure enhancement evidence-interpretation firearms naked-eye sentencing-guidelines serial-number visible |
Whether the district court erred in applying a four-level enhancement under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for 'altered or obliterated' serial number,… |
| 23-6707 |
Sean Robert Wathen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon district-court drug-offense enhancement factual-findings findings-of-fact sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-2d1.1(b)(1) weapon-enhancement |
Is the sentencing court required to make specific findings of fact, supported by the record, that a defendant possessed a dangerous weapon in connecti… |
| 23-6555 |
Luis Aceves-Ramirez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses enhancement importation knowledge-requirement mens-rea methamphetamine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the two-level enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(5) for a drug offense that involves imported methamphetamine requires that the defendant knew… |
| 21-7822 |
Christopher Patrick Lovings v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure enhancement fleeing fleeing-offense judicial-discretion knowledge knowledge-standard law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-3c1.2 |
Whether a sentencing court may apply an enhancement pursuant to USSG § 3C1.2 when the record fails to establish the defendant knew or had reason to kn… |
| 21-7625 |
Jonathan Scott May v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure district-court enhancement federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing-guidelines |
Did the district court plainly err when applying an enhancement under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2G2.2(b)(5)? |
| 21-5382 |
Nickie Nathanial Rico v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2021-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempted-murder criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure defendant-objection district-court enhancement objection presentence-report sentencing |
Whether the District Court erred in overruling Defendant's Objection to the Attempted Murder Enhancement in the Presentence Report |
| 20-8421 |
Braulio Perez v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-06-25 |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 911-call armed-career-criminal body-camera body-camera-footage constitutional-rights'\n'Issue 4 criminal-history criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 2 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 3 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 4 enhancement evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment firearm fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statements statutory-interpretation witness witness-testimony |
Issue 1 |
| 20-7475 |
Corry Jessie v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction enhancement extraneous-offense felony relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines |
Did the district court err in applying a 4-level enhancement for 'in connection with another felony offense'? |
| 20-7018 |
Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-02-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C) |
| 20-7006 |
Jacquere Doran, aka Jacare Gorman v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
base-offense-level controlled-substance criminal-sentencing district-court-error enhancement felony-conviction felony-enhancement marijuana-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines |
Did the District Court err in treating Mr. Doran's prior California conviction for sale of marijuana as a felony conviction and using it to enhance hi… |
| 20-5915 |
Perry Cortese v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court criminal-procedure district-court enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing |
Did the District Court and the Eleventh Circuit err in their application of the Special Skill enhancement? |
| 20-5019 |
Raul Barrera-Velasquez, aka Raul V. Barrera, aka Raul Velasquez Barrera, aka Raul Velasquez-Barrera v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement equal-protection fifth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-enhancement u.s.s.g-2l1.2 |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Barrera's claim that the District Court's sentence violated constitutional principles of… |
| 19-7083 |
Leroy L. Perdue v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-12-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation |
Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b) |
| 18-9604 |
Reitilly Fuentes Ramos v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-06-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
controlled-substance criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon enhancement pellet-gun sentencing-guidelines ussg-2d1.1 |
Whether the District Court calculated Mr. Fuentes-Ramos's Sentencing Guidelines when it applied a two-level enhancement pursuant to USSG §2D1.1(b)(1) … |
| 18-7529 |
Andre Almond Dennison v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2019-01-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights dangerous-crimes dangerous-crimes-against-children due-process enhancement fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
Does Arizona's Sentencing Scheme Violate Due Process Clause, & Amendment, And Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348 (2000) When Petitio… |
| 18-7418 |
Derrick T. Seals v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
851-enhancement ambiguous-plea contract criminal-procedure due-process enhancement government-breach ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines supervised-release |
Did government breach plea agreement/contract when defendant never agreed to enhancement? |
| 18-7290 |
Muhamet Ajvazi v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence judicial-review prior-conviction prior-convictions remand reversal sentencing |
Whether the court should reverse and remand due to the admission of evidence of prior conviction used as enhancement that was not fulfilled |
| 18-5447 |
David V. Rock v. Charmaine Bracy, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-08-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-error due-process enhancement evidence habeas-corpus plea-bargaining plea-validity presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Whether the presumption of innocence and burden of proof requirements are unconstitutionally repealed in enhancement cases, requiring the defendant to… |
| 18-5204 |
Jose Luis Morales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-07-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence fact-finding immigration immigration-law judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation undocumented-aliens |
Whether the lower court erred in applying the enhancement under section 2L1.1(b)(2)(B) for transporting aliens |