alternative-sentence

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-7172	Tyrone Grailford v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2026-04-10	Pending	IFP	alternative-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure harmless-error sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines	Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court's statement that the Guidelines woul…
20-7492	Justice Towan Roundtree v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2021-03-18	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	alternative-sentence appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines	Whether a Guidelines error is harmless when the district judge issues an alternative sentence by stating that she would impose the same sentence even …
18-1476	Randy Lee Carney v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2019-05-28	Denied	Response Waived	alternative-sentence alternative-sentencing appellate-review career-offender circuit-split collateral-consequences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error judicial-discretion judicial-error legal-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error united-states-v-vonn	When sentencing defendants, some district courts announce that they would impose the same length of imprisonment even if their conclusions of law and …