narcotics-possession

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
20-5743	Johnny Melendez v. United States	First Circuit	2020-09-17	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	career-criminal-act constitutional-rights ineffective-assistance narcotics-possession prior-conviction right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement	Whether counsel rendered ineffective assistance by allowing the court to rely on a prior conviction for sentencing purposes absent court documents to …
18-7050	Javier Portillo v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2018-12-17	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	border-crossing border-search criminal-evidence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence jury knowledge-standard mens-rea narcotics-possession ninth-circuit standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence trial-sufficiency	Whether the Ninth Circuit's analysis of the facts was inadequate