drug-convictions
13 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7174 | Richard Lee David Brown v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2024-04-09 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure defense-instruction drug-convictions due-process evidence jury-instructions plain-error prior-convictions propensity-evidence | 1. Whether the admission of two prior drug convictions for the purpose of arguing in closing that "[t]he defendant possessed that crack cocaine, and h… |
| 23-5665 | Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-09-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-7904 | Andrew Ryan Demont v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-06-29 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review armed-career-criminal circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law drug-convictions federal-guidelines federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | (1) Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enha… |
| 22-7582 | Rodolfo A. Cuellar, Jr. v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-05-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal criminal-law drug-convictions federal-prisoner first-step-act resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum | MoTioN For Reduction Pursuan To 404 Senience of OF thE First ACT And Pre-Booker Issues. Stop Drug CORRECDION OF IDCORLOCT CAlCUlATION f CORRECTiON ofa… |
| 22-7359 | Devin Baker v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-04-25 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-convictions drug-offense federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | The United States Sentencing Guidelines significantly increase the recommended sentencing range for a defendant who has at least two prior felony conv… |
| 22-6902 | Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2023-03-02 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-6881 | James Clark, III v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-02-28 | Denied | IFP | controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5877 | Onterrail Remond Altman, Jr. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-10-20 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 22-5569 | Dylan Darelle Scott v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-09-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 21-8127 | Russell Kimble Jackson, aka Russell Kimble Jackson, V v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-06-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… |
| 20-7068 | Jerry Davis v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2021-02-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation | Whether the 4thCircuit Court of Appeals created a Cirauit split by affiomingthe District Courts reuson to ceny his motion for a sentence reduction und… |
| 19-8469 | Viengxay Chantharath v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-05-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 21-usc-851 career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure drug-convictions first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether the First Step Act (FSA-2018) "altered "the statutes: 21 U.S.C.§ 841(a) (1)(b)(1) (A)-(B) also (C) for the prior drugI. con victions that qua… |
| 19-6142 | Santo Leone v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness | Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely? Whether district court erred when failure to… |