indictment-requirements

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6267 Mack Doak v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), which criminalizes "cross[ing]a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person who…
19-5601 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th…
19-5150 Irvin Junior Phillips v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924e apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process indictment-requirements prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of …
18-8743 Arturo Torres-Cabrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process immigration-offense indictment-requirements prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts - including the fact of a prior conviction - that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and …
18-6483 Armando Chavez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?