No. 21-6403

Garland Guillory v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: application-note commentary controlled-substance-offense district-court-discretion fifth-circuit inchoate-offenses kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines u.s.-sentencing-commission
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Under what circumstances may a district court rely on commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Guidelines Manual to determine a defendant's Guidelines range for sentencing?

(2) Is Application Note 1 in the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 invalid insofar as it broadens the Guideline's definition of "controlled substance offense" to include conspiracies and other inchoate offenses?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court may rely on commentary in the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Guidelines Manual to determine a defendant's Guidelines range for sentencing

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-16
Reply of petitioner Garland Guillory filed.
2022-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2021-12-27
Memorandum of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Garland Guillory
Samantha Jean KuhnFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent