serious-drug-felony
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6867 | Richard Henry Kayian v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-violation drug-quantity-enhancement first-step-act serious-drug-felony sixth-amendment-sentencing substantive-reasonableness | 1. whether a prior state conviction for simple possession of 1.5 grams of cocaine - punished with probation only - qualities as a "serious drug felony… |
| 22-7461 | Detrick Devone Daye, aka Carter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-05-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender categorical-approach constitutional-rights drug-felony first-step-act ineffective-assistance sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony | I Whether the new statutory definition of the term "serious drug felony" set forth in Section 401(a)(1) of the First Step Act of 2018, and codified i… |
| 21-7393 | Travis Ryan Skaggs v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-03-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-802 21-usc-841 concurrent-sentences first-step-act sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment | Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by holding that Mr. Skaggs' conviction in Wise County, Virginia on July 27, 2… |
| 21-6332 | Daeron Johnson Merrett, aka Reez v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-11-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeals-court-split buyer-seller-instruction circuit-split conspiracy-distribution controlled-substance drug-conspiracy federal-drug-offenses mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony | A SPLIT EXISTS IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS REGARDING THE GRANTING BUYER-SELLER INSTRUCTION IN THE TRIAL OF FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION CASES. PE… |
| 20-5628 | Javier Corona-Verduzco v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-09-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | based on the plain text of the statute without relying on extratextual sources of author 21-usc-841 drug-felony extratextual-sources first-step-act imprisonment-term plain-text plain-text-analysis plain-text-interpretation sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation | Whether the phrase "served a term of imprisonment of more than 12 months" in the First Step Act unambiguously allows a defendant to sustain two "serio… |