non-elemental-facts
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5877 | Samson Diamonte Xavior Smith v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2025-10-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-procedure harmless-error non-elemental-facts presentence-report sentencing-review shepard-documents | Whether a reviewing court may properly rely on non-elemental facts in presentence reports and Shepard documents when conducting harmless-error review … |
| 23-5085 | Andre Rene Williams v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acca constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial non-elemental-facts preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial | Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to imp… |
| 22-6843 | Edgar Barrera v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction mandatory-minimum mens-rea non-elemental-facts plea-bargaining preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | 1) Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to … |
| 22-6682 | Ricky Douglas Haynes, Jr. v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-02-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-occasions due-process jury-trial mandatory-minimum non-elemental-facts sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony | 1. Whether a sentencing judge may rely on non-elemental facts to conclude that a defendant's prior offenses were "committed on occasions different fro… |
| 20-6976 | Timothy Tijwan Doctor v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-01-28 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions federal-court non-elemental-facts plea-colloquy prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement | 1. Whether a federal court may increase a defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) by relying on its own finding about non-elem… |
| 20-5404 | Jermaine Isaac Ross v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-19 | Denied | Relisted (3)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-elemental-facts prior-offenses rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense | 1. Whether a federal court may increase a defendant's sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) by relying on its own finding about non-elem… |
| 18-5439 | Adam Longoria v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-08-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states non-elemental-facts occasions-different sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony | Under the ACCA, can a sentencing court rely solely on non-elemental facts to infer that a defendant's temporally overlapping and related offenses were… |