non-existent-offense
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5799 | Eric Burgie v. Arkansas | Arkansas | 2025-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | claim-preclusion constitutional-rights due-process non-existent-offense res-judicata separation-of-powers | 1. Under Arkansas law, Mr. Burgie had a right to have his illegal sentences corrected but the Arkansas state courts denied his petition and post-convi… |
| 21-332 | William A. White v. Daniel Sproul, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2021-09-01 | Denied | Response Waived | 18-USC-1503 18-USC-373 28-USC-2241 28-USC-2255(e) federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge non-existent-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation | When, if ever, is relief available under 28-USC-2241 and 28-USC-2255(e), where a person stands convicted and remains in custody for a non-existent-off… |
| 21-5477 | Clifford Senter v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-08-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack criminal-law due-process federal-procedure federal-sentencing non-existent-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-law | Where state law holds that a particular offense is non-existent, but a defendant has a conviction for the non-existent offense, and a federal sentenci… |