united-states-v-watts

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7287 Khan Mohammed v. United States District of Columbia 2024-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-conflict clear-and-convincing-evidence law-of-case-doctrine law-of-the-case-doctrine preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts Whether the Government may be required to prove the factual basis for a sentencing enhancement by clear and convincing evidence
22-6706 Darin M. Ogden v. Idaho Idaho 2023-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-acquittal lewd-conduct sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a …
22-118 Marquis Shaw v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Relisted (12) acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process issue-preclusion jury-trial sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing violates the Jury Clauses or Due Process Clause
21-8190 Thomas Luczak v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-06-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13)IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether this Court should overturn its decision in United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148 (S.Ct. 1997), which holds that sentencing judges can consider …
19-8478 John King v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure fact-finding judicial-discretion jury-determination jury-fact-finding mcmillan-v-pennsylvania preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts Can a judge rely on facts not found by a jury to enhance a sentence after this Court's decision in United States v. Alleyne, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), where…
19-7454 Kenneth James Barfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-32 due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit gall-v-united-states guidelines preponderance-of-evidence presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts Where the Government offers no evidence at sentencing in response to an objection to a factual assertion in the presentence report that increases a se…
19-6647 Michael J. Baxter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination reasonable-doubt sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-watts Whether the striking of two out of three black veniremembers demonstrates a 'pattern of discrimination' as necessary to satisfy the first step of the …
19-6314 Ralph Willard Savoie v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process haymond-v-united-states parole plea-agreement precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation suborned-perjury supervised-release supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-watts waiver-of-appeal Can United States v. Watts stand in light of recent holdings in Haymond v. United States?
19-6284 Jose L. Cabrera-Cosme v. United States First Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquitted-conduct due-process jury-trial mcmillin-v-pennsylvania sentencing sixth-amendment uncharged-conduct united-states-v-watts Whether a reasonable jurist could find debatable Petitioner's Sixth Amendment was violated
19-5123 Richard Parrish v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-support gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion legal-reliability reliability sentencing townsend-v-burke united-states-v-tucker united-states-v-watts Is resentencing required when a sentencing judge relied on an assumption that both parties agree is without evidentiary support?
18-8156 In Re Dennis Bowden 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado retroactive-application retroactivity sentence-enhancement sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado has been or should be made retroactively applicable to ca…
18-7645 Alhan Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-guidelines due-process mcmillan-v-pennsylvania meacham-v-fano minor-role-adjustment mitigating-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-watts vulnerable-victim Whether the government must prove facts necessary for a vulnerable-victim sentencing enhancement by a preponderance of the evidence
18-6537 In Re Gerald Phillip Wooten 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado has been or should be made retroactively applicable to ca…
18-5388 Albert William Roberts, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquittal acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy-clause due-process relevant-conduct sentencing sixth-amendment united-states-v-watts watts-precedent Can acquitted conduct continue to be used at sentencing?