felony-offense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6271 Javier Francisco Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-procedure felony-offense probation-revocation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Does the policy statement's text require the categorical approach?
24-5113 Steven Alexander Mantecon v. Florida Florida 2024-07-18 Denied IFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense
23-5290 Littleton William Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law district-court double-jeopardy due-process felony-offense firearms guideline-application sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erred in interpreting Note 14(@) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo…
22-1175 Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Amici (3) agency-rulemaking controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction federal-agency felony-offense jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-practice prescription-authority statutory-interpretation Whether 21 C.F.R. § 13806.04(a) may replace the 'except as authorized' requirement in a Controlled Substances Act jury instruction, thereby permitting…
22-5546 Jhon Albert Carrizales Pretell v. Florida Florida 2022-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense
21-658 Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite …
21-6059 Terry Jonathan Phillips v. Florida Florida 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a twelve-person jury to try a criminal defendant accused of a felony offense
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille…
19-8331 Jose A. Rodriguez v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-04-22 Denied IFP constitutional-error constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felony-offense grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance penal-law right-to-counsel Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment
19-7781 John Charles Fortner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 2260A require the underlying listed offense to involve an actual minor?
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…
19-5272 Pereneal Kizzee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeals criminal-procedure-error-correction criminal-sentencing federal-appeals federal-law felony-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession guidelines-enhancement judicial-discretion judicial-integrity plain-error plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law when it refused to exercise its discretion to correct the forfeited error that seriously affected the f…
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…