No. 22-5895
Quinton Deairre Gardner v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravating-facts armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-criminal-law maximum-term maximum-term-of-imprisonment presumptive-sentencing-standards sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation statutory-limits
Latest Conference:
2022-11-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a state structured-sentencing regime sets mandatory legal limits on courts' sentencing power, is the upper limit of the structured-sentencing range the "maximum term of imprisonment ... prescribed by law," 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where a state sentencing regime sets mandatory legal limits on courts' sentencing power, is the upper limit of the presumptive range the 'maximum term of imprisonment ... prescribed by law,' 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)?
Docket Entries
2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 23, 2022)
Attorneys
Quinton Gardner
Tobie J. Smith — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent