sentencing-guidelines-review

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-8985 Michael Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split eighth-circuit extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-variance gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion major-departure minor-departure sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sentencing-variances standard-of-review Whether the Eighth Circuit's test that 'extraordinary variances do not require extraordinary circumstances' conflicts with this Court's mandate 'that …
18-5468 Raul Villarreal and Fidel Villarreal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquitted-conduct appellate-review constitutional-rights dismissed-conduct fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sixth-amendment statutory-law statutory-maximum Whether an upward departure from the advisory Sentencing Guidelines is subject to appellate review