drug-dealing
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-1057 | Jerry Peoples v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2025-04-08 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-procedure drug-dealing hobbs-act interstate-commerce motion-for-acquittal rule-29-motion | 1. Whether the Seventh Circuit erred by affirming the district court's decision to deny Mr. Peoples' Rule 29 Motion for Acquittal where the Government… |
| 23-130 | Saad Sakkal v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2023-08-10 | Denied | Relisted (2) | agency-regulation authorization controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction drug-dealer drug-dealing jury-instruction physician physician-prescription statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement | The question presented here is whether, in a jury instruction under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., language taken from an age… |
| 21-7072 | Dontrell R. Wise v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-02-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-dealing due-process expert-testimony sufficiency-of-evidence | 1. A writ of certiorari is requested to determine whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming Dontrell Wise's conviction which was … |
| 21-5228 | Dwayne Sheckles v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-07-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 4th-amendment criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-dealing evidence-seizure home-invasion probable-cause residential-searches search-warrant search-warrants | Search warrants are directed at places, not people. To obtain a warrant to enter a person's home, there must be probable cause that evidence of a crim… |
| 18-8793 | Larry Burstein v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-proportionality constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing drug-crimes drug-dealing drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment elderly-defendant elderly-offenders non-violent-crime non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent | WHETHER A FORTY-EIGHT (48) MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR A FIRST TIME NON-VIOLENT, DRUG DEALING, SIXTY-NINE (69) YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER, IS UNREASONABLE, VI… |