Apprendi-rule

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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…