undercover-law-enforcement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-6896 Anthony Rimas v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority?
22-5417 Charles E. Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-law drug-transactions occasions-different personal-use-amounts sentencing-enhancement undercover-law-enforcement undercover-officer Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame 'committed on occasions different from one another' for the purpose of the Armed Career Crimi…
20-7798 Christopher Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-20 GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance drug-transactions judicial-vindictiveness law-enforcement-officer occasions-different prosecutorial-vindictiveness sentencing sentencing-recommendation undercover-law-enforcement Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame 'committed on occasions different from one another' for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal…