ransom-demand

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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?