gall-standard
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-578 | Christopher Kinzy v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-11-29 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion gall-standard gall-v-united-states guidelines judicial-explanation rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Whether a district court can insulate from vacatur a sentence based on an erroneously enhanced Guidelines range simply by stating, without explanation… |
| 22-7231 | James Sonny Alaniz v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-04-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment gall-standard gall-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-due-process upward-departure | Whether the Court of Appeals holding that a sentencing court is not required to use the incremental steps in Section 4A1 -3(a)(4)(B) in an upward depa… |
| 20-6336 | Eric Troy Snell v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-11-16 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit gall-standard gall-v-united-states harmless-error harmlessness-standard sentencing-guidelines | 1. Does the Fourth Circuit's practice of not addressing erroneous Sentencing Guidelines calculations but affirming a sentence under "assumed error har… |
| 19-5883 | Richard Johnson v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment franks-challenge franks-v-delaware gall-standard search-warrant search-warrant-challenge-standard sentencing-variance substantial-preliminary-showing substantive-reasonableness veracity | I. Whether this Court Should Clarify the Quantum Necessary for a Finding of a "Substantial Preliminary Showing" That Entitles Defendants to a Hearing … |
| 18-6266 | Ivan Rivera-Solis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553a appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing gall-standard gall-v-united-states sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness | When conducting their substantive reasonableness review of sentences, can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as t… |