No. 20-6427
Marquis Wilson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Related Cases:
20-6099
(Vide)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, which is expressly titled a "clarification" of the penalty provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (1)(C) , should apply to defendants who w ere sentenced before the enactment of the Act but whose convictions and sentences remain pending on direct review and, therefore, are not yet final.
2. Whether counsel violates a defendant's right to autonomy when the defendant intends to contest all of the government's evidence and counsel stipulat es without his consent to a jurisdictional element of the offense.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018 applies to defendants whose convictions and sentences remain pending on direct review
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)
Attorneys
Marquis Wilson
Alison Brill — Office of the Federal Public Defender, D.N.J., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent