No. 23A227

Calvin Cogdill v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-09-11
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act felon-in-possession-of-firearm mandatory-minimum-sentence predicate-offense preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory minimum sentence provision violates the Fifth or Sixth Amendment when a district court finds prior convictions constitute predicate offenses based solely on a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard without a jury determination beyond a reasonable doubt

Docket Entries

2023-09-11
Application (23A227) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until November 12, 2023.
2023-09-01
Application (23A227) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 13, 2023 to November 12, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Calvin Cogdill
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent