sentencing-challenge

8 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7676 Robert Christopher Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice eighth-amendment juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-challenge Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment
21-5462 James Michael Kerns v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence plea-bargaining plea-validity sentencing-challenge sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether Count 3 conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924 is valid given the unconstitutionality of the predicate crime of violence in Count 2
20-6992 Bobbie Lewis Mayes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP booker criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process johnson johnson-precedent mandatory-guidelines pre-booker pre-booker-era sentencing-challenge sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant has a right under Johnson to challenge a sentence ordered pre-Booker, when applying the Sentencing Guidelines was mandatory
19-8080 Julio Solorzano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence-exception civil-rights collateral-attack criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-challenge waiver-doctrine Whether a defendant who previously waived collateral attack may seek relief under Davis v. United States
19-5603 Jonathan Javier Aleman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver certificate-of-appealability collateral-review constitutional-counsel criminal-case-defendant-rights criminal-defense evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement right-to-appeal sentencing sentencing-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction Was defense counsel's advice constitutionally inadequate?
18-8673 Jamael Stubbs v. United States Third Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 133 S.Ct. 2151 (2013) 6th-amendment alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states constructive-amendment due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-challenge sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance
18-8198 Brandon Lisi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure curcio-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-challenge whether-petitioner's-guilty-plea-was-involuntary
18-6385 Jeffrey Bernard Beeman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause sentencing-challenge statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant may prove that his ACCA-enhanced sentence was based on the now-unconstitutional residual clause through a process of elimination o…