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…