state-convictions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6899 James Earl Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 career-offender categorical-approach drug-offense federal-statute sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions ussg-4b1.1 Whether prior state convictions qualify as 'felony drug offenses' when state statutes encompass broader conduct than federal statutes
22-7778 Kenneth Ueding v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-remedy speedy-trial state-convictions Did Mr. Ueding hold the right to challenge his state convictions in a habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254?
22-6839 Michael O. Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-court-precedent conspiracy conspiracy-conviction criminal-career-offender prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit state-convictions Whether the court erred in failing to grant appellant relief from his sentence enhancement based upon his prior state convictions
19-7071 Joseph A. Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certification criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-certification sentencing serious-drug-offense state-convictions statutory-interpretation Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'serious drug offense' definition is limited to only those state convictions that are the same or narrower tha…
19-6348 Billy J. Griffin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender controlled-substances divisibility drug-statute federal-sentencing felony-convictions missouri-law state-convictions statutory-interpretation Is the Missouri Controlled Drug Statute indivisible such that the Defendant's two distribution of marijuana felony convictions in state court would no…
18-8636 Brian Hoskins v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure custis-v-united-states federal-guidelines federal-sentence federal-sentences federal-sentencing-guidelines habeas-corpus plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions Whether a defendant who succeeds in vacating a state conviction that enhanced a federal sentence may apply for resentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
18-5222 Corvain T. Cooper, aka CV v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied IFP collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute habeas-corpus invalidated-convictions life-without-parole resentencing sentencing state-convictions Whether a petitioner who was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, which was enhanced by two later invalidated state convictions, may a…