No. 24-5313

Tony Carr, aka Tony Carnell, aka Tony Coronel Carr, aka T-Bone v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attorney-general-memorandum crack-cocaine criminal-procedure fifth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

On December 16, 2002 Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memorandum, which directed prosecutors to charge "pertinent statutory quantities that apply to powder cocaine" when pursuing crack cases and to "advocate for a sentence consistent with powder cocaine rather than crack cocaine" Is a defendant sentenced under the crack cocaine sentencing guidelines, just prior to the issuance of the Garland memorandum, entitled to a remand of his sentence for resentencing under the Garland memorandum?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant sentenced under pre-Garland memorandum crack cocaine sentencing guidelines is entitled to a remand for resentencing

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-16
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-08-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Tony Carr
Andrea Renee St. JulianLaw Offices of Andrea Renee St. Julian, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent