statutory-enhancement
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-5516 | In Re Freddy Perkins | 2021-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 841-b-1-a 846 851-enhancement actual-innocence cocaine-base criminal-procedure mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-enhancement | Whether Mathis applies retroactive to Petitioner Perkin's claim of 'Actual Innocent' under 841 (b)(1)(a) & 846, 280 grams or more Cocaine Base and 851… | |
| 21-5017 | Angel Mondragon Garcia v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-07-06 | GVR | IFP | aggravated-felony borden-decision certiorari crime-of-violence criminal-law immigration mens-rea sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court | Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of this Court's recent decision in … |
| 20-7439 | Michael Luis Suarez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) actual-innocence categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining predicate-offense procedural-default sentencing-guidelines statutory-enhancement | Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate o… |
| 20-5030 | Jimmy Lee Franklin v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-07-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 28-usc-2255 acca-provision acca-sentence burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant federal-statutory-enhancement-provision retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing-relief statutory-enhancement | Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can satisfy his burden of proof by showing that his sentence may have been based… |
| 19-7335 | Chad Prodoehl v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-01-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-law drug-conspiracy drug-crimes drug-trafficking due-process inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses overt-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether a 'results in death' statutory enhancement can apply to a 21 U.S.C. § 846 conspiracy offense, and if so, whether that element must be agreed u… |
| 18-7789 | Ashley Richards v. Texas | Texas | 2019-02-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus retroactivity sentencing-enhancement state-jail-felony statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-criminal-appeals | Whether the Eighth Amendment requires retroactive application of a court decision finding a sentencing enhancement inapplicable, thereby decreasing th… |
| 18-6103 | Fernando Valdez-Cejas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining prior-conviction sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-maximum | Whether all facts - including the fact of a prior conviction - that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eit… |