maximum-penalty

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7292 Morris Fuller v. United States Second Circuit 2024-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process equal-protection federal-district-court judicial-discretion maximum-penalty post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred in sentencing the petitioner to an above-guideline sentence based on factors that were already accounted for in the g…
23-6788 Terrance Fowler v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-02-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions maximum-penalty sentencing uncharged-crime Can a State deny a defendant due process of law by convicting and sentencing him to the maximum penalty for a crime that he was not charged with, nor …
21-5446 Robert Carter v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Retreat, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel maximum-penalty plea-bargaining sentencing third-degree-murder trial-counsel Whether trial counsel adequately and effectively assisted petitioner in deciding whether to accept a plea offer