sentencing-proceedings

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-5031	Michael Odom v. United States	Eighth Circuit	2025-07-03	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	appeal-waiver circuit-consensus due-process fifth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-proceedings	1. Whether the near consensus determination by the various Circuits to accept appeal waivers in plea agreements that extend to subsequent sentencing p…
19-5300	Fremo Santana v. United States	Third Circuit	2019-07-25	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination guideline-range ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-proceedings	Whether defense counsel's performance was constitutionally ineffective for erroneously miscalculating petitioner's guideline range which was the decid…
19-5310	Rodolfo Cantu, Jr., aka Lil Rudy v. United States	Fifth Circuit	2019-07-24	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	confrontation-right crawford-v-washington due-process fifth-amendment hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-proceedings sixth-amendment	Was the enhancement for a credible threat improper considering the district court's partial reliance on hearsay facts outside the record, which violat…