| 23-831 |
Constance Eileen Caswell v. Colorado |
Colorado |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
almendarez-torres apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement jury-determination jury-trial misdemeanor-elevation prior-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether a prior misdemeanor conviction that elevates a subsequent offense from a misdemeanor to a felony is an element of the subsequent offense that … |
| 22-5406 |
Daniel Edward Gonzalez v. California |
California |
2022-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession firearms second-amendment |
Whether California Health and Safety Code section 11370.1 violates the Second Amendment by making possessing certain drugs while armed a felony |
| 22-5139 |
Carol Johnene Morris v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process felony-enhancement prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred in failing to vacate the federal convictions for felon in possession of a firearm and a related acquittal |
| 21-5540 |
Guadalupe Urbina-Rodriguez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922g1 18-usc-924a2 8th-amendment 8th-circuit carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-firearm-possession criminal-history eighth-circuit-precedent felony-enhancement second-amendment-rights sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction |
whether-prior-offenses-constitute-felony-for-enhanced-sentence |
| 21-5122 |
Juan Angel Velasquez-Canales v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion felony-enhancement guideline-interpretation immigration prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court erred in applying a six-level enhancement under Section 2L1.2(b)(2)(C) of the Sentencing Guidelines |
| 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… |
| 20-5409 |
Johnathan Scott Keen v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law drug-offenses due-process felony-enhancement mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether Mr. Keen's prior Florida drug convictions qualified as 'felony drug offenses' under 21 U.S.C. 851 |
| 20-5058 |
Randy Estevez v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-07-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-unanimity sentencing sentencing-reasonableness u-s-sentencing-guidelines unanimity |
Whether the district court erred in not instructing the jury that it should be unanimous on the date and location of his alleged possession of the fir… |
| 19-8263 |
Larry Wesley Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-possession drug-trafficking felony-enhancement guidelines gun-possession sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of other Circuits on an important matter… |
| 19-7363 |
Richard Grady Romans v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony |
Whether a drug conspiracy committed on an occasion different from the drug distribution offenses committed during and in furtherance of that same cons… |
| 19-5529 |
Kendrick Ledelle Dotstry v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-08-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges district-court-discretion divisible-elements divisible-offenses felony-enhancement felony-offense misdemeanor-elements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-misdemeanor |
Whether the district court can enhance a sentence pursuant to U.S.S.G. provisions under Section 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when the concomitant felony offense con… |
| 18-5593 |
Maurice Mitchell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-enhancement felony-offense firearm-possession preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-standard second-amendment sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement-2k2.1-b-6-b ussg-2k2.1 |
Whether the District Court committed error by failing to sustain the defense objection to the four-level enhancement of the sentence under USSG sectio… |