Apprendi-rule
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-6641 | Ervin Thornton, II v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2026-01-21 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule circuit-split drug-offense first-step-act sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation | Section 404 of the First Step Act opened a pathway to sentencing relief for people convicted of crack cocaine offenses prior to August 3, 2010. The ac… |
| 25-6595 | Hugo Ivan Macias-Ordonez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-15 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure prior-convictions sixth-amendment stare-decisis | The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation." U.S. Const. amend. VI. "[F]act[s] that increase[]… |
| 25-6487 | Derrick S. Lewis v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2026-01-06 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule criminal-procedure fifth-amendment jury-determination sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | 1. Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments are violated when a sentencing judge, rather than a jury, finds facts that otherwise alter the minimum and/o… |
| 25-6412 | Israel Navarro v. New York | New York | 2025-12-22 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule criminal-procedure fifth-amendment jury-trial sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment | Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments guarantee criminal defendants, like the petitioner Israel Navarro, the right to a jury trial on statutorily req… |
| 25-6342 | Sergio Zamora-Rios v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2025-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing precedent-review sixth-amendment | The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation." U.S. Const. amend. VI. "[F]act[s] that increase[]… |
| 25-6161 | James Capers v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-11-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-standard apprendi-rule constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure jury-instructions sentencing-enhancement | 1) In regards to 21 U.S.C. §846, to be in accordance with both Apprendi and Alleyne , to punish as 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(A) (10 to life), must the ju… |
| 25-5912 | David Everette v. New York | New York | 2025-10-20 | Denied | IFP | apprendi-rule criminal-procedure judicial-fact-finding persistent-felony-offender sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment | Since deciding that the fact of a prior conviction can "authorize" a longer sentence, Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 246 (1998), th… |
| 25A34 | Steven Pitts v. New York | New York | 2025-07-08 | Presumed Complete | apprendi-rule jury-right prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment tolling-period | The question presented is whether, under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) and Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), the purported… | |
| 24-5973 | Osiel Huertas v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule 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… |
| 24-5941 | Santos Cuevas v. Josh Highberger, Acting Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary | Oregon | 2024-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-rights criminal-history habeas-corpus jury-fact-finding sentencing-guidelines | This case involves two sentencing guidelines rules. One rule, directs trial courts , to count a defendant's convictions at the time of sentencing in … |
| 24-5377 | Douglas Arcia-Hernandez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review | L. Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? I. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, an… |
| 24-5288 | Edgar Alonso Esparza-Rodriguez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-08-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation judicial-review sentencing-precedent supreme-court-review | L. Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? I. Should this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment be… |
| 24-25 | Mrugeshkumar Kumar Shah v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-10 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | apprendi-rule constitutional-rights criminal-fines criminal-penalty criminal-restitution hester-v-united-states jury-determination sixth-amendment southern-union-co-v-united-states | Whether the Sixth Amendment reserves to juries the determination of any fact underlying a criminal restitution order. |
| 24-5019 | Daniel Salgado v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review | L Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? I. Should this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment bel… |
| 23-7783 | Joseph James Conkling v. Kansas | Kansas | 2024-06-24 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | apprendi-precedent apprendi-rule blakely-rule blakely-v-washington criminal-sentencing fact-finding jury-determination jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment unpled-facts | Does this Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004) establish an "unpled but admitted facts" exception to the rule set forth in A… |
| 23-7707 | Martin Ochoa-Perez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey common-law-history criminal-sentencing notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-notice-clause | 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… |
| 23-7182 | 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. |
| 23-831 | Constance Eileen Caswell v. Colorado | Colorado | 2024-02-02 | Denied | Amici (1)Relisted (2) | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process felony-enhancement jury-determination jury-trial misdemeanor-elevation prior-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment | 1. Whether a prior misdemeanor conviction that elevates a subsequent offense from a misdemeanor to a felony is an element of the subsequent offense th… |
| 23A447 | Constance Eileen Caswell v. Colorado | Colorado | 2023-11-17 | Presumed Complete | apprendi-rule elements-of-offense jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing-factors sixth-amendment | This application does not contain a traditional "Question(s) Presented" section. The document is an Application for an Extension of Time to File a Pet… | |
| 23-5979 | Daniel Vargas-Hernandez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sixth-amendment | The Sixth Amendment protects the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation." U.S. Const. amend. VI. In Apprendi v. New Jersey, t… |
| 23A375 | Rico Lorodge Brown v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-10-25 | Presumed Complete | almendarez-torres apprendi-rule criminal-statute jury-finding prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines | Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's different-occasions element must be found by a jury rather than a sentencing judge. | |
| 23-5487 | Jose Humberto Hernandez-Mendez v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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… |
| 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… |
| 23-5221 | Gilberto Betero-Carrillo v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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… |
| 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… |
| 22-7794 | Leoncio Perez v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-06-15 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act first-step-act-2018 sentence-reduction terry-v-united-states | 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… |
| 22-7728 | Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-06-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act sentencing-reduction terry-v-united-states | Do this Court's First Step Act precedents admit of the uniquely Eleventh Circuit's intermediate step whereby, for the discrete group of individuals st… |
| 22-6434 | Elvis Harold Reyes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-12-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington criminal-restitution fifth-amendment jury-determination restitution sentencing-fact sixth-amendment southern-union-co-v-united-states | Whether the Sixth and Fifth Amendments are violated by the imposition of restitution based on the sentencing judge's determination of a fact (other th… |
| 22-5603 | Faustino Sanchez-Lugo v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-09-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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… |
| 22-5593 | Richard Anthony Rodriguez v. California | California | 2022-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment | Can juvenile adjudications, obtained without a trial by jury, be relied upon to enhance a defendant's sentence in a later proceeding? Thus, the quest… |
| 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… |
| 22-5288 | Kendale Welborn v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-sentencing drug-offenses methamphetamine-actual methamphetamine-mixture plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment | The Appellant's Appeal was denied on April 29, 2022 by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In this case, the Appellant raises one (1) issue for determ… |
| 22-5052 | Fox Joseph Salerno v. Arizona | Arizona | 2022-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment apprendi-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury incorporation precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction | I. Should the U.S. Constitutional Fifth Amend requiring indictments be applied to the States, thereby overturning precedence from 1884; Hurtado v. C… |
| 21-8152 | Filiberto Chavez, aka Big Boy, aka Freeway Beto v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion lesser-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum | Can a sentencing court use the elements of a lesser offense to increase a defendant's sentence in a different, legally unrelated, offense beyond the o… |
| 21-7445 | Juniel B. Rios v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-03-24 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance | 1. Whether Constitutional Due Process requires that Irizarry v. United States, 553 U.S. 708 (2008) that limited the Notice requirement in Fed.R.Crim.P… |
| 21-7354 | Joseph Patrick Keel v. Florida | Florida | 2022-03-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-precedent apprendi-rule criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process identity judicial-interpretation prior-convictions prior-record-exception sentencing sixth-amendment | 1. Whether courts, including those in Florida, have been incorrectly applying a "prior record" exception to the rule from Apprendi v. New Jersey 530 U… |
| 21-6579 | Cesar Hidrogo-Marin v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-12-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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 … |
| 21-6286 | Patrick Lawrence Henderson v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum | Whether Henderson's revocation sentence violates Apprendi and its progeny because he has been forced to serve a sentence beyond the statutory maximum … |
| 21-5874 | Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-10-04 | GVR | Relisted (3)IFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law constitutional-precedent covered-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether the "as if" language in Section 404(b) of the First Step Act requires a sentencing court to disregard intervening, but well-established consti… |
| 20-8460 | Marcus Snipes v. Florida | Florida | 2021-06-30 | Denied | IFP | Apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | WHETHER THE STATE CAN AVOID APPRENDI'S REACH BY WRITING ITS PENAL STATUTES SO THAT A FACT THAT INCREASES THE PENALTY FOR A CRIME INSTEAD BECOMES A FAC… |
| 20-8310 | Kenrick Brathwaite v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-06-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-conspiracy jury-instructions jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-exposure statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties | 1. What is the statutory maximum sentence for a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 or 846, where the jury has declined to make any specific … |
| 20-7121 | Georges Michel v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-02-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-841 apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey drug-quantity due-process jury-trial sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-maximum | Whether the Court of Appeals erred, reversibly, in affirming the district court's decision—making a drug quantity determination, after the Remand—wher… |
| 20-6755 | Alejandro Tovar-Regalado v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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 Ap… |
| 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… |
| 20-5770 | David A. Bridgewater v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2020-09-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule dismissed-conduct due-process fifth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness | Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a court from relying solely on dismissed conduct to impose an otherwise substantively unreasonable sen… |
| 20-5669 | Christopher Paul George v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-restitution equity-practice fifth-amendment jury-trial jury-verdict seventh-amendment sixth-amendment | 1. Whether Apprendi applies to a mandatory criminal restitution order, and whether the Seventh Amendment requires a restitution order to comply with t… |
| 19-8928 | Oscar Campos-Lagunas, aka Jose Lopez-Lomali, aka Carlos Ortiz, aka Orbelin Lagunas Campos, aka Carlos Laguna Campos, aka Oscar Laguan Campos, aka Norbelio Campos-Lagunas, aka Carlo Garcia, aka Orbelin Campos v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment judicial-interpretation precedent-review 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… |
| 19-8876 | 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… |
| 19-8788 | Travis Job v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review prior-conviction prior-criminal-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum | Whether the Court should overrule the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which provides an exception to the rule of A… |
| 19-8301 | Stephen J. Mocco v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2020-04-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey brady-v-maryland brady-violation certificate-of-appealability sixth-amendment slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel townsend-hearing townsend-v-sain | Question #1: In Hohn v. United States , 524 U.S. 236, 253 (1998), this Court held that it has authority and jurisdiction to review denials of applicat… |
| 19-7707 | Elijah Loren Arthur v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-fines criminal-restitution due-process jury-determination jury-trial sentencing-guidelines southern-union-co-v-united-states statutory-maximum | This Court held in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pe… |
| 19-7515 | Andy Nguyen v. California | California | 2020-01-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding preponderance-of-evidence sentencing stare-decisis | Should the Court reconsider its majority opinion in Oregon v. Ice, 555 U.S. 160, 167-168, 173-177, 129 S.Ct. 711, 172 L.Ed.2d 517 (2009) (Ice) which p… |
| 19-7259 | John Afriyie v. United States | Second Circuit | 2020-01-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-forfeiture due-process insider-trading jury-trial libretti-v-united-states sixth-amendment | In this insider trading case, the court of appeals affirmed a sweeping criminal forfeiture judgment encompassing all potential trades combined in a si… |
| 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… |
| 19-6164 | Marchello Dsaun McCain v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey due-process false-statement guideline-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-maxima statutory-maximum terrorism-enhancement | In McCain's false statement involving terrorism prosecution, the district court applied the terrorism enhancement of Guideline Section 3A1.4 and calcu… |
| 19-5979 | Rodrigo Pablo Lozano v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-17 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey conspiracy conspiracy-offense criminal-restitution deliberate-avoidance due-process hester-v-united-states mental-state ninth-circuit sentencing sixth-amendment | 1. Whether Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) applies to the imposition of criminal restitution, as suggested in Hester v. United States, 139… |
| 19-5752 | Jimmie Kyle Anderson v. Texas | Texas | 2019-08-29 | Denied | IFP | 8th-amendment apprendi-rule cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentences eighth-amendment public-safety sentencing sex-offender-law sex-offenders | 1. Does the public safety interest in incapacitating and deter ring certain types of sex offenders with extremely long sentences run afoul of the 8t… |
| 19-5630 | Roosevelt Stolden v. California | California | 2019-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis | Should the Court reconsider its majority opinion in Oregon v. Ice, 555 U.S. 160, 167-168, 173-177, 129 S.Ct. 711, 172 L.Ed.2d 517 (2009) (Ice) which p… |
| 19-5279 | Miguel Esparza-Salazar v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-07-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure illegal-entry prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-factors sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | This case presents the issue of whether a criminal defendant charged with illegal entry, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2), is entitled to not… |
| 19-5150 | Irvin Junior Phillips v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-07-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924e apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process indictment-requirements prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review | 1. Whether the Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of … |
| 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… |
| 18-9006 | Donald Ray Boles v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding judicial-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment | Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which created a carve-out to the rule later adopted in Apprendi v. New… |
| 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? |
| 18-8781 | Kerri L. Kaley v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-fines criminal-procedure criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union-co-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… |
| 18-8743 | Arturo Torres-Cabrera v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-04-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process immigration-offense indictment-requirements prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum | I. Whether all facts - including the fact of a prior conviction - that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … |
| 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,… |
| 18-7262 | 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… |
| 18-7068 | 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 … |
| 18-6205 | Eliseo Guevara-Guevara v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | alleyne-rule alleyne-v-united-states almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-punishment immigration-law indictment judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing | Whether a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment before a defendant is subjected to enhanced punishment under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), thereby … |
| 18-5624 | Feliciano Villa-Sariana, aka Feliciano Villa v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-08-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment plea-bargaining prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum | I. Whether all facts B including the fact of a prior conviction B that increase a defendant =s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and… |
| 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… |