No. 19-5110

Barry Bays v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: controlled-substance-analog controlled-substance-analogue controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment fraud scienter scienter-requirement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Whether a defendant's sentence for fraud offenses that applied 21 U.S.C. § 802(32), USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1), and USSG §2D1.1 and treated Bays as a "controlled substance case," violates his Fifth and Sixth amendment rights, when the government failed to prove and the jury did not find that: (1) the synthetic cannabinoids were controlled-substance-analogues for the designated time period, and (2) the defendant knew the analogues were controlled.

II. Whether a defendant's sentence for fraud offenses that applied 21 U.S.C. § 802(32), USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1), USSG §2D1.1 and treated Bays as a "controlled substance case," is an ex post facto violation, U.S. Const., Art. I, § 9, cl. 3, because it punished him for lawful conduct, and deprived him of a lawful defense.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's sentence for fraud offenses that applied 21 U.S.C. § 802(32), USSG § 2B1.1(b)(1), and USSG §2D1.1 and treated Bays as a 'controlled substance case,' violates his Fifth and Sixth amendment rights

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Barry Bays
Lydia M.V. BrandtThe Brandt Law Firm, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent