| 23-5730 |
Blaise Caroleo v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights |
Whether a waiver of the Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment is valid |
| 22-7561 |
In Re Christopher Vigliotti |
|
2023-05-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process multiple-punishment plea-bargain probation probation-violation sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-authority |
Legality of 15-year state prison sentence following probation violation |
| 20-8048 |
James Terry Colley, Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-05-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment aggravating-factor constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder florida-supreme-court sentencing-scheme |
Whether Florida's death penalty scheme is unconstitutional as applied because the Florida Supreme Court's expansion of the 'especially heinous, atroci… |
| 20-1136 |
Peter Capote v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-02-19 |
Denied |
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6th-amendment aggravating-circumstances capital-punishment death-penalty judicial-fact-finding judicial-weighing jury-trial mitigating-circumstances sentencing-scheme sixth-amendment |
Whether the Alabama death penalty sentencing scheme violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial |
| 20-6102 |
Dontayous Tonard Cameron v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-10-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment parole revocation-sentence sentencing-scheme sixth-amendment statutory-maximum supervised-release |
Is 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) unconstitutional as applied? |
| 20-136 |
Tremayne T. Dozier v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
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circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-law felony-definition prior-felony-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation statutory-sentencing-scheme |
Whether an offense is 'punishable by imprisonment for more than one year' when the maximum term permitted by the applicable statutory sentencing schem… |
| 19-8660 |
Thomas Michael Riley v. Arizona |
Arizona |
2020-06-10 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-factors capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-review death-penalty furman-v-georgia gregg-v-georgia narrowing-requirement sentencing-scheme |
To pass constitutional muster, must a death eligibility scheme collectively narrow the class of defendants eligible for the death penalty? |
| 19-6518 |
Eric Burgie v. Arkansas |
Arkansas |
2019-11-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravated-robbery civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process jurisdiction mental-fitness mental-health parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-scheme |
Whether the petitioner's sentence violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment |
| 18-9568 |
Roderick Mullins v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process imprisonment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment life-sentence sentencing sentencing-scheme state-constitution |
Does the Florida 'Life Means Life' sentence scheme violate the State Constitution's ban on indefinite imprisonment and the 14th Amendment Due Process … |
| 18-5100 |
Ras Rahim v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1651 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act armed-career-criminal-act collateral-attack consecutive-sentencing coram-nobis due-process elements-clause postconviction-remedy residual-clause sentencing-scheme |
Whether the writ of coram nobis is the proper avenue for a federal inmate to challenge a portion of a consecutive sentencing scheme when the federal p… |