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24-6097 Alfredo Alvarado-Varela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
23-1196 Christopher Ryan Martin v. Tom Lawson, Chief, Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied apprendi certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim habeas-corpus jones judicial-enhancement jury-trial ninth-circuit prior-conviction prior-convictions I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability (COA) from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by his showing that reaso…
23-7182 Jonathan Wray v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination predicate-act rico rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement Does this Court's decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), require that the Government prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury that …
23-7100 Robert Merritt v. United States Third Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP Apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-review criminal-law due-process life-sentence plain-error RICO rico-statute sentencing Whether Merritt's life sentence under RICO statutes violated Apprendi, and is plain-error reverse warranted.
23-6217 Ubaldo De La Cruz Leyva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
23-6017 Roberto Alaniz-Pimentel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
23-5438 Fox Joseph Salerno v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-24 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule blakely blakely-retroactivity certificate-of-appealability due-process jurisdiction retroactivity rule-of-finality rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-jurisdiction ONE Does Apprendi decision apply to Arizona Defendants on the date that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Apprendi (June 26, 2000), or on the date that…
23-5014 Jamie Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-facts sentencing-reduction Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 sets out two steps to determine whether the imposition of a reduced sentence is warranted for a defendant pr…
22-7837 Carlos Delgado-Adame v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
22-7783 Pinkney Clowers, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states criminal-enterprise drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation terry-v-united-states When a jury convicted Pinkney Clowers of continuing a criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 484(b) mandated a life sentence because his offense involved at…
22-7114 Miguel Ortiz-Castillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6897 Ruben Hernandez-Correa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6603 Miguel Angel Valencia-Sandoval v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation precedent-interpretation sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-6475 Nohe Dominguez-Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
22-6220 Martin Robert Moncada-Aguirre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6218 Carlos Brito-Brito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-6043 Jose Rene Cante-Dondiego v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5912 William Gonzalez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5869 Carlos Ivan Chavira-Montanez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-construction supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5740 Rony Alexander Granados-Ortez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5598 Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-5551 Jose Carmen Barajas-Salvador v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5338 Chikosi Legins v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence false-statement relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum sufficiency I. Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction under 18 U.S.C. 1001. II. Whether the defendant was improperly subjected to an enhan…
21-8273 Jesus Fernando Fierro-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-7666 Izell Delorean Grissett, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-ruling collateral-review constitutional-claim criminal-procedure guidelines mandatory-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Sixth Amendment requires the fact of a first-degree murder cross reference under § 2Al.l-to be treated as an element-when that finding …
21-7266 Fredy Zamora-Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure notice-clause prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction ne…
21-7110 Jorge Alberto Funez-Zapata v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-6753 Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation "Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 . . . a district …
21-6718 Gregory Chester and William Ford v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-doctrine conspiracy-sentencing criminal-procedure grand-jury indictment presentment-clause sentencing statutory-sentencing superseding-indictment Whether, where Apprendi and its progeny requires the petit jury to return special findings as to individual conspiracy defendants to justify an increa…
21-6229 Kyle Shirakawa Handley v. California California 2021-11-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi charging-document criminal-procedure due-process notice notice-requirements sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment 1. Whether the 1936 rule set forth in People v Britton , 6 Cal.2d 1 -- that facts which expose a defendant to substantially enhanced punishment need n…
21-6053 Jimmie Barge v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-violation certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-releasee-reoffender sixth-amendment Is the Florida State trial court erring when sentencing Petitioner to minimum mandatory term of life in prison because the Prison Releasee Reoffender …
21-5916 Ramiro Medina-Oliden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-7198 Benjamin Edward Henry Bradley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-doctrine criminal-forfeiture honeycutt honeycutt-precedent in-personam-judgment in-personam-money-judgments judge-found-facts jury-finding sixth-amendment 1. Whether, under Apprendi and its progeny, a court violates the Sixth Amendment's jury-finding requirements by ordering forfeiture, over the defendan…
20-6932 Jorge Armando Jamaica-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6841 Steven Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied IFP apprendi apprendi-standard circuit-split covered-offense drug-quantity federal-criminal-statute first-step-act sentencing sentencing-range statutory-penalties I. Whether "statutory penalties" in § 404(a) of the First Step Act modifies the entire phrase – "a violation of a Federal criminal statute" – as the E…
20-6112 Oscar Pena Trujillo v. Arizona Arizona 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment alleyne apprendi apprendi-rule due-process ex-post-facto-clause fact-finding jury-trial sex-offender-registration sixth-amendment southern-union This Court held in Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. 343 (2012), that the rule from Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), requiring…
20-5429 Derrick T. Neville, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi criminal-procedure jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment approacl does not apply to the texn "serious drvg sffense pursuant to 92yle)(2lA)i). Tne tevm "requires an ly that the state offsuse inuolue thecondu…
20-5428 Jose Ricardo Morales-Mercado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process sentencing supreme-court Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
20-5320 Johnathan Lamar Burks v. Michigan Michigan 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi due-process mcmillan sixth-amendment watts WHETHER THE GENERAL SIXTH AMENDMENT RULE ANNOUNCED BY THE COURT IN APPRENDI, AS EXTENDED BY ALLEYNE, OVERRULES THE COURT'S HOLDINGS IN BOTH MCMILLAN A…
20-5072 Rodney Renard Newberry v. Florida Florida 2020-07-15 Denied IFP apprendi capital-sentencing due-process elements reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, determinations as to both elements and their "functional equivalents" must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See, e.g.,…
19-8876 Solomon Jalloh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule common-law common-law-tradition criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing jury-findings loss-calculation restitution sentencing Whether under Apprendi, the maximum restitution that can be imposed without additional jury findings as to any amount of loss is zero, consistent with…
19-8825 Edgardo Navarro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure indictment notice-clause prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a sentencing court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior co…
19-8815 Jose Armando Nunez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process sentencing 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of…
19-8473 Shawn Rogers v. Florida Florida 2020-05-15 Denied IFP aggravating-factors apprendi capital-sentencing due-process mitigating-circumstances ring-v-arizona Under the Due Process Clause, determinations as to both elements and their "functional equivalents" must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See, e.g.,…
19-8192 John Bejarano v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Nevada 2020-04-06 Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-reweighing apprendi clemons-v-mississippi constitutional-rights death-penalty jury-trial reweighing sixth-amendment 1. Should this Court overrule Clemons v. Mississippi as inconsistent with Apprendi and its progeny, to the extent that it allows an appellate court to…
19-7711 John Patrick Vescuso v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-factor apprendi apprendi-error circuit-split criminal-procedure indictment prejudice sentencing When assessing if a defendant was prejudiced by a district court's imposing a sentence greater than the maximum authorized by the charge in the indict…
19-7647 William P. Castillo v. Nevada Nevada 2020-02-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review apprendi apprendi-line capital-punishment capital-sentencing clemons-v-mississippi death-penalty jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances mitigating-evidence mitigation-evidence reweighing Nevada courts instruct juries that they may consider imposing a death sentence only after finding at least one statutory aggravating factor beyond a r…
19-7430 Richard L. Bryant v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-alleyne apprendi-alleyne-rule drug-distribution-conspiracy fair-sentencing-act fair-sentencing-act-2010 first-step-act first-step-act-2018 relevant-conduct retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-ranges 1. Whether a Defendant convicted by a jury of a drug distribution conspiracy involving multiple controlled substances, whose sentence has never been r…
19-7294 Mohammed Kwaning v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process evidence fair-trial hearsay hearsay-testimony judicial-error jury-trial material-evidence preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Government officials conduct violated constitutional rights? where;Petitioner's (a) The District Court failed to disclose material eviden…
19-7251 William McNeal v. Florida Florida 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP Apprendi apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure degree-classification due-process essential-element essential-elements jury-trial reclassification sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, when determining if a defendant's offense can be reclassified to the next highest degree, Florida's interpretation of "essential element" as …
19-6910 Alfred T. Moliere v. Texas Texas 2019-12-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey article-42.013 constitutional-rights criminal-penalties criminal-penalty family-violence firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial right-to-bear-arms unconstitutional Generally, Apprendi v. New Jersey requires that any fact serving to increase a criminal penalty be found by a jury. Article 42.013, Texas Code of Crim…
19-6616 Alberino Magi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-penalty criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union southern-union-v-united-states In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), the Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pen…
19-6322 Kelvin Miles v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-vs-united-states apprendi confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-destruction fair-trial hearsay sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-factors 1. DID THE PRE-TRIAL DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE BY THE STATE DENY THE PETITIONER HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND A FAIR TRIAL, THUS DENYING HIM THE ONLY EV…
19-6015 Roque Arias-De Jesus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5875 Alfredo Gonzalez-Terrazas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5869 Jaime Enriquez-Hernandez, aka Jaime Enriques-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5719 Robert Keith Ray v. Colorado Colorado 2019-08-27 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-review apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey boyde-standard boyde-v-california capital-case due-process jury jury-instructions sixth-amendment In light of this Court's recent Sixth-Amendment jurisprudence emphasizing the constitutional primacy of the role of the jury, should this Court revisi…
19-5358 Victor Manuel Collazo-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-review precedent-analysis sentencing supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-9664 Lilron Ravon Jones v. California California 2019-06-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-procedure Descamps due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication Mathis prior-conviction-exception sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), this Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pe…
18-9354 Donald Reddick v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113(a) alamendarez-torres-apprendi apprendi categorical-approach constitutional-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery mathis mathis-doctrine prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines Is federal bank robbery as defined in 18 U.S.C. §2113(a) categorically a crime of violence, where the statute does not require an intentional use, att…
18-9299 Frankie Karen Washington v. Deborah Johnson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-split constitutional-review harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Under Apprendi v. New Jersey 530 U.S. 466 (2000), it violates the Sixth Amendment to sentence a defendant to a higher statutory maximum term based on …
18-9029 Tyron James v. Kansas Kansas 2019-04-29 Denied IFP appeal apprendi civil-rights constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment unconstitutional-error upward-departure 1. May a conviction baded dn a unconstitutional hard o life Senfence be overturned at any time? 2. May this Courts decisionin Apprendi ar to what con…
18-8963 Jose Cobian v. Illinois Illinois 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 730-ilcs-5-5-9-1-1 apprendi constitutional-challenge criminal-fines due-process guilty-plea sentencing southern-union-co-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. •-. has clarified that criminal fines are subject to the …
18-8964 Artemio Miranda-Manuel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process immigration indictment prior-conviction sentencing 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of…
18-8938 Elza Budagova v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied IFP apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-restitution judicial-discretion jury-findings sentencing sentencing-exposure southern-union-co Should Apprendi's rule apply to the imposition of criminal restitution?
18-8499 Nestor David Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-fairness courtroom-prejudice courtroom-security defendant-rights defendant-specific-security fair-trial fair-trial-rights inherent-prejudice inherently-prejudicial judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-review prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements trial-security 1. In Holbrook v. Flynn , 475 U.S. 560, 570-72 (1986), the Court held that the mere presence of guards at a trial was not so inherently prejudicial th…
18-8442 Marc Dutch v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment apprendi criminal-procedure indictment jury prior-convictions sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Given that the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi prohibit a sentencing judge from finding facts about a prior conviction, does 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)'s requ…
18-8055 Kevin Ventura v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-consideration jury-instructions jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Is Mr. Ventura is serving two life sentences imposed in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), bec…
18-7529 Andre Almond Dennison v. Arizona Arizona 2019-01-23 Denied IFP 6th-amendment apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights dangerous-crimes dangerous-crimes-against-children due-process enhancement fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Does Arizona's Sentencing Scheme Violate Due Process Clause, 6th Amendment, And Apprendi v New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348 (2000) When Petiti…
18-7473 William Dale Albright v. Kansas Kansas 2019-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent QUESTION 1: DOES THIS COURT'S DECISION IN ALLEYNE V. UNITED STATES, 570 US 99 (2013) ANNOUNCE A NEW RULE OR WAS IT DICTATED BY APPRENDI V. NEW JERSEY,…
18-7351 Rahmad Lashad Geddes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-review apprendi civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1). Can a court of appeals sanction a lower courts depature from this court's well established percedents that effectively conflates the standard of r…
18-7262 Artak Ovsepian and Kenneth Wayne Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-1028a 18-usc-1028a apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-fines criminal-restitution double-counting identity-theft sentencing-guidelines u-s-code u.s.s.g.-2b1.6 In Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. 343, 360 (2012), the Court held "that the rule of Apprendi applies to the imposition of criminal fine…
18-7204 Julio Rolon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied IFP Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya Whether in its supervisory jurisdiction over the Courts of the United States, and based upon this Court's clear precedent and the facts of record, thi…
18-7180 Miguel Antonio Urquia-Melendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-7068 Nelson Figueroa v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-rule constitutional-protections due-process due-process-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines jury-trial prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment The first question for the Court is, in light of the Guidelines' development into the de facto range of punishment in all but a very small percentage …
18-456 Michael J. Persico v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response Waived apprendi due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness 1. Does Petitioner's sentence, which would have been deemed substantively unreasonable in the absence of the district court's factual findings, violat…
18-6185 Jason Beckman v. Florida Florida 2018-10-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding factfinding jury-factfinding juvenile-sentencing life-sentence miller-factors miller-v-alabama sentencing-factors sixth-amendment Petitioner Jason Beckman, a juvenile at the time of the offense, was convicted of first-degree murder. Because he was a juvenile, he received an indiv…
18-6014 Javier Vega-Orozco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi Certiorari criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment Supreme-Court Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-5900 Juan Carlos Martinez-Barrientos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-5553 Christopher Williams v. Texas Texas 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-murder corpus-delicti criminal-procedure due-process extrajudicial-confession fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment Texas has adopted a corpus delicti rule requiring that an extra-judicial confession have a quantum of corroboration before a conviction can be had bas…
18-5073 Victor Armando Cruz-Colocho v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process prior-conviction recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment 1. Should the Court consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Apprendi…