recidivist-sentencing

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-38 Malcolm McGee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response Waived california-law federal-sentence-enhancement felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentence-enhancement recidivist-sentencing resentencing retroactive-reduction sentence-enhancement state-post-conviction state-post-conviction-remedy state-prison-sentence successful-attack When does a state post-conviction remedy qualify as a 'successful attack' on a state prison sentence, such that a subsequent federal sentence enhancem…
18-8932 Vickie L. Sanders v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights drug-offense due-process due-process-clause equal-protection federalism recidivist-provisions recidivist-sentencing retroactive-reclassification sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a state's retroactive reclassification of a felony drug conviction to a misdemeanor precludes its use as a predicate offense under federal rec…
18-261 Jose Guadalupe Cebreros v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied 21-usc-841-b-1-a 21-usc-841(b)(1)(a) california california-proposition-47 drug-offense-enhancement federal-recidivist-sentence-enhancement federal-sentencing habeas-relief prior-state-felony-drug-offense recidivist-sentencing retroactive-drug-sentencing-reforms state-law-interpretation Is a federal recidivist sentence enhancement based on a prior state 'felony drug offense' under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) invalidated when the underlyi…