drug-quantity-enhancement

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6867 Richard Henry Kayian v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-violation drug-quantity-enhancement first-step-act serious-drug-felony sixth-amendment-sentencing substantive-reasonableness 1. whether a prior state conviction for simple possession of 1.5 grams of cocaine - punished with probation only - qualities as a "serious drug felony…
21-6901 Wilbert Mathes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-quantity-enhancement evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel leadership-enhancement sentencing sentencing-errors Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by conclud…