post-sentencing-case-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-7586 Zachary T. Frey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation post-sentencing-case-law post-sentencing-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement Whether a defendant can prove his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the unconstitutional residual clause by relying on post-sentencing case law
18-6989 Jessie Lee Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states May a § 2255 defendant prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based upon the residual clause through a process of elimination?
18-6328 Carlton Roland Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split collateral-review johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement welch-v-united-states Whether a defendant in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding may prove that his enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause of the…