drug-purity
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6569 | Jamarcus G. Jackson v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-01-13 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-sentencing drug-purity evidence-standard methamphetamine preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines | Whether a district court can infer that unseized methamphetamine has similar purity to seized methamphetamine. If so, what specific evidence must supp… |
| 24-6766 | David Lynn Griffith v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-03-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure drug-evidence drug-purity evidence-reliability methamphetamine sentencing | WHETHER HISTORICAL DRUGS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE DEFENDANT CONSTITUTES RELIABLE EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING TO SUPPORT THE PURITY OF METHAMPHET… |
| 23-7616 | Jacob Ray Owens v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2024-06-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof co-conspirator-evidence criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-purity drug-quantity ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel methamphetamine-purity sentencing sentencing-enhancement | Whether the purity of outside-the-conspiracy methamphetamine, linked to Owens's conspiracy solely by personnel, permitted an inference that Owens's me… |
| 23-6672 | Christopher R. Williams, Jr. v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2024-02-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court drug-purity drug-quantity methamphetamine-case procedural-errors sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines | I. Whether the district court erred by sentencing the Defendant to three hundred sixty (360) months in light of the circumstances of the case? II. Wh… |
| 22-7676 | Rene Lugo-Barcenas v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-05-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights drug-purity due-process equal-protection methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment ussg-2d1.1 | Claim #1 Does the fifth amendment's due process and equal protection rights guard against disparate sentences created by the Methamphetamine Drug Tabl… |