apprendi-standard
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7429 | Randy Torres v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-06-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-standard circuit-split constructive-amendment racketeering-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement special-sentencing-factor | 1. A writ of certiorari is requested to determine whether the district court's final instruction to the jury for the indictment's Special Sentencing F… |
| 22-7906 | Lamar McDonald v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence void-for-vagueness | 1)Is Apprendi v. New Jersey Still Good Caselaw? Are the Lower Courts (Appeals Courts included) misapplying Apprendi and Mr. McDonald Fifth and Sixth … |
| 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… |
| 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 … |
| 19-6478 | Abdul King Garba, et al. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-11-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure evidence expert-testimony jackson-v-virginia kumho-tire ninth-circuit restitution sufficiency-of-evidence sufficient-evidence supreme-court-precedent weight-vs-admissibility | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit Memorandum conflicted with this Court's decisions (e.g., Kumho Tire) regarding whether unreliability of an expert's testi… |