guideline-application
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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(c) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo… |
| 20-5704 | Leonard Borden v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof co-conspirator-testimony criminal-procedure due-process factual-statements guideline-application preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing-guidelines sentencing-hearing | does a defendant have an obligation to prove the facts in the PSR are inaccurate or untrue after the defendant objects to the factual statements and t… |
| 18-6982 | Jerry Walden v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553 28-usc-994 career-offender district-court due-process federal-sentencing guideline-application harmless-error johnson-v-united-states molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error | Whether the petitioner is entitled to resentencing, where due to Guideline application error, the district court incorrectly applied the more severe c… |
| 18-5967 | Matthew Wade Howard v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2018-09-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-law federal-guideline guideline-application sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit | Whether the Tenth Circuit and other circuits have broadened the application of U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) beyond the plain language of the guideline's te… |