No. 21-6336

Darrin Lashaon Betts v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-3582 21-usc-841(a)(1)-(b)(1)(a) amendment-782 criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-11(c)(1)(c) fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-law type-c-agreement
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant is eligible for 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (1)(2) relief
pursuant Amendment 782 where the district court adopted a Type-C plea agreement
but did not adhere to the specified agreed sentence nor to the subsequent
sentencing guideline range it found, and if so, is the concluded sentencing
departed range defendants ' new starting point for purposes of Amendment 782
pursuant to Hughes v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1765 (2018)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant is eligible for 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(2) relief

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 20, 2021)

Attorneys

Darrin Lashaon Betts
Darrin Lashaon Betts — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent