u.s.-sentencing-commission
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7107 | Brock Melancon v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-03-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-commission | Does this Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie govern the extent to which district courts may defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's commentary to t… |
| 21-6403 | Garland Guillory v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-24 | Denied | IFP | application-note commentary controlled-substance-offense district-court-discretion fifth-circuit inchoate-offenses kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines u.s.-sentencing-commission | Whether a district court may rely on commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Guidelines Manual to determine a defendant's Guidelines range for … |
| 20-5951 | Joshua Scott Richards v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2020-10-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | child-pornography criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness u.s.-sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-§-2g2.2 | Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines covering the crimes of accessing or possessing child pornography, U.S.S… |
| 18-7717 | Byrion Demeco Ferguson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 1B1.3 amendment appellate-review constitutional criminal-procedure evidence judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-commission u.s.-sentencing-commission | Whether the trial court committed plain error by admitting insufficient evidence applied by the pre-amendment 1B1.3 version of the U.S. Sentencing Gui… |