non-violent-crime

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6515 Christopher Raiche v. United States First Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment first-time-offender grossly-disproportionate life-sentence non-violent-crime sentencing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against grossly disproportionate prison sentences was triggered by the imposition of a de facto life senten…
18-8793 Larry Burstein v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-proportionality constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing drug-crimes drug-dealing drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment elderly-defendant elderly-offenders non-violent-crime non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent Whether a forty-eight (48) month prison sentence for a first time non-violent, drug dealing, sixty-nine (69) year old grandfather is unreasonable, vio…
18-7399 Gene Donta Carter v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-14 Denied IFP consecutive-sentences criminal-conspiracy drug-delivery drug-offenses due-process non-violent-crime offense-gravity offense-gravity-scores sentence-proportionality sentencing sentencing-error Did the sentencing court err in applying incorrect offense gravity scores in violation of the appellant's due process rights based on the unproven wei…
18-6335 George Jenkins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process first-time-offender non-violent-crime proportionality reasonableness-review sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines Whether the sentence imposed is unreasonable
18-5159 Allen Golden v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2254 aedpa suspension-clause aedpa constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus non-violent-crime non-violent-crimes suspension-clause Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its order and the Magistrate Judge's report and recommendation regarding the suspension of habe…