ransom-demand
3 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5767 | Edgar Hernandez Lemus, aka Edgar Hernanez Lemus, and Junior Almendarez Martinez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-intent felony-proceeds interstate-commerce mens-rea ransom-demand statutory-interpretation | Whether the government must prove a defendant's specific knowledge of the predicate felony offense when prosecuting a charge of receiving unlawfully o… |
| 21-7065 | Lori Majors v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness ransom-demand sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-adjustment vulnerable-victim | Did the district court err in assigning a two-level upward adjustment and a six-level upward adjustment? |
| 18-7391 | Gadiel Romero v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-01-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment kidnapping kidnapping-offense offense-level ransom-demand sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines | Is it proper to apply a 6-level increase for a ransom demand in a kidnapping offense when not communicated? |