mandatory-sentence
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6402 | Colby McCoggle v. Florida | Florida | 2025-01-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-sentencing due-process hearing-rights judicial-procedure mandatory-sentence notice-requirement | Is a criminal defendant denied due process when a court imposes a new mandatory sentence without affording notice or a hearing? |
| 21-8201 | Judel Espinoza-Gonzalez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | appellate-waiver constitutional-violation conviction-review criminal-procedure district-court-authority due-process jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence sentencing unconstitutional-conviction | Whether a court can summarily enforce an appellate waiver to bar motions to vacate convictions and mandatory prison sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)… |
| 21-7318 | Abraham A. Augustin v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-03-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process federal-court mandatory-sentence resentencing right-to-counsel section-2255 section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-requirements | Whether the trial court erred by not complying with 18-U.S.C-3553(a) and conducting a plenary resentencing hearing after vacating a conviction and rem… |
| 20-7461 | David Kendrick v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-03-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aggregation alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-quantity mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rowe-interpretation threshold-quantity united-states-v-rowe | Whether the government must prove the defendant conspired to actually possess the threshold drug amount at a given time, rather than rely on an aggreg… |
| 18-9019 | Lony Tap Gatwas v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-04-29 | Denied | IFP | aggravated-identity-theft circuit-split criminal-law felony mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation | Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 1028A's prohibition on the 'use' of another's identity without lawful authority |
| 18-8740 | Michael Manley v. Delaware | Delaware | 2019-04-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment appellate-review due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-creation judicial-overreach life-without-parole mandatory-sentence | Did the Delaware courts violate Mr. Maniey's due process and Eighth Amendment rights by judicially creating a mandatory life without parole sentence? |
| 18-5884 | Matthew Gary Richardson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-09-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split generic-burglary intent-requirement judicial-factfinding mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing mathis mathis-peek mathis-v-united-states reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor | Whether the 'Mathis peek' used by the court below to guess if a fact is an element or a means of committing an offense violates the Sixth Amendment |
| 18-5162 | Ellord Wells v. Mary Potter, Warden | Sixth Circuit | 2018-07-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process guilty-plea mandatory-sentence sixth-amendment trial-court appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-sentence sentencing sixth-amendment | Whether appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by not arguing that the trial court failed to inform the appellant of the mandatory nature o… |