violent-offender

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
18-8145 Desmond Farmer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender Whether the court erred in deeming the petitioner as a 'violent offender' instead of a 'drug abuser' and using that as a reason to deny a sentence red…