Donald R. Turner, Jr. v. United States
HabeasCorpus
1. WHETHER DEFENDANTS RECEIVED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL DURING SENTENCING IN WHICH COUNSEL FAILED TO BRIEF OR PRESERVE THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ENUNCIATED IN ALLEYNE V. UNITED STATES, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ERRONEOUS INCREASE IN THE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCED, WITHOUT THE REQUISITE JURY'S FINDING.
2. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED PLAIN ERROR WHEN IT IMPOSED A LIFE SENTENCE TO DEFENDANTS IN VIOLATION OF THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN ALLEYNE V. UNITED STATES.
3. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE STANDARD IN FINDING DEFENDANT(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR A DRUG TYPE AND QUANTITY NOT SUBMITTED TO OR FOUND BY THE JURY, IN VIOLATION OF THE RULE ANNOUNCED IN ALLEYNE.
Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment