sentencing-issue
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7731 | Roy Lee Jones, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process essential-elements evidence fifth-circuit-precedent jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-issue standard-of-proof | Did the Fifth Circuit err when it 're-branded' a failure to prove an essential element of the government's methamphetamine case against Mr. Jones beyo… |
| 19-6600 | Barry Lernard Davis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 2255-motion 60b-motion abuse-of-discretion coa-brief court-of-appeals due-process evidentiary-hearing manifest-injustice procedural-due-process psr psr-challenge section-2255 sentencing-claim sentencing-evidence sentencing-issue sentencing-review | Where petitioner attacked evidence; State's Certified Motion to Dismiss allegation in his PSR, of R.D., to his 2255 Motion, and argued his evidence in… |
| 18-5781 | Larry Dean Dusenbery v. Ronnie R. Holt, Warden | Third Circuit | 2018-08-27 | Denied | Relisted (5)IFP | circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech due-process federal-prisoner free-speech habeas-corpus religious-freedom section-2241 sentencing-issue standing | Does the First Amendment prohibit the government from requiring individuals to engage in speech that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs? |