prior-state-convictions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-8770 Carl St. Preux v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 28-usc-2255 circuit-split drug-conviction federal-habeas-corpus federal-sentencing habeas-corpus mandatory-life-sentence post-conviction-relief prior-state-convictions sentencing-enhancement statute-of-limitations Whether 21 U.S.C. § 851(e) bars a defendant from seeking re-sentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 after successfully challenging a prior state conviction …
18-7067 Derrick Christopher Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-law divisible-statute drug-offense modified-categorical-approach plain-error prior-state-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether petitioner's prior state drug offenses qualified as enumerated offenses under the career criminal provision of the United States Sentencing Gu…