molina-martinez
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-5788 | Roberto Buendia v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review davis fifth-circuit intra-circuit-conflict molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review rosales-mireles sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent | Whether the standard the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals applied for determining if the sentencing Guidelines' error in Buendia's case was "plain" conf… |
| 21-8117 | Xavier Jamaal Orange v. United States | District of Columbia | 2022-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | counsel-error criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states prejudice sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Due to defense counsel's deficiency, petitioner was sentenced based on an incorrect Sentencing Guidelines range (57 months, using a range of 46-57 mon… |
| 20-7856 | Dennis Ayala v. United States | First Circuit | 2021-04-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review court-of-appeals district-court drug-quantity harmless-error judicial-discretion molina-martinez preponderance-standard sentencing-guidelines | Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it held, contrary to this Court's holding in Molina-Martinez, that any error in the District Court's choice be… |
| 20-6516 | Eric Dynell McGadney v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-12-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit judicial-discretion molina-martinez per-se-rule prejudice prejudicial-error sentencing-error sentencing-framework sentencing-guidelines | Whether a sentencing court's statement that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of the Guidelines creates a per se rule that a miscalcu… |
| 19-5963 | Jesus Yugopicio-Rojas v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-consistency criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-review molina-martinez non-calculation plain-error sentencing-guidelines | Does failure to calculate the applicable Sentencing Guidelines attract the same protocol for plain error as set out in Molina-Martinez v. United State… |
| 19-5465 | Isela Alejandra Campos v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure district-court district-court-error guideline-range guidelines molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines | When the district court fails to calculate the Guideline range at sentencing, whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to sh… |
| 19-5202 | Doroteo Zambrano-Ruiz v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-07-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-authority circuit-split federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of plain-error review in Molina-Martinez v. United States when… |
| 18-9790 | Alexander Monzoni v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-06-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guideline-calculation guidelines judicial-review molina-martinez plain-error plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review for Guideline error as set ou… |
| 18-8855 | Eric A. Hicks v. United States | District of Columbia | 2019-04-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure guidelines molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard molina-martinez-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Whether the court of appeals' decision conflicts with this Court's decision in Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338 (2016), in concluding… |
| 18-8049 | Ramon Montero v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit harmless-error harmlessness-standard molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states preserved-error preserved-errors rule-52a sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | Is the Fifth Circuit correctly conducting its harmlessness inquiry when reviewing preserved Guidelines-calculation errors arising under Rule 52(a) of … |
| 18-6982 | Jerry Walden v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-12-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553 28-usc-994 career-offender district-court due-process federal-sentencing guideline-application harmless-error johnson-v-united-states molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-error | Whether the petitioner is entitled to resentencing, where due to Guideline application error, the district court incorrectly applied the more severe c… |
| 18-6853 | Noe Garcia-Lima v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-11-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-52(b) federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights | When the "record is silent as to what the district court might have done had it considered the correct Guidelines range," Molina-Martinez v. United St… |
| 18-6173 | Carlos Tiznado-Valenzuela v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split federal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard plain-error-review prejudice prejudice-prong sentencing-guidelines | Should the Court address the division of circuit authority over the Court's application of the prejudice prong of plain-error review in Molina-Martine… |