post-sentencing-conduct

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5435 Rahsaan Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-23 GVR IFP concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states district-court-denial district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-review mitigating-information post-sentencing-conduct sentencing-mitigation vacatur Whether the district court's denial of Mr. Johnson's First Step Act motion must be vacated in light of Concepcion v. United States because the court d…
20-7421 Jefferson Levine v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) circuit-conflict criminal-resentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion post-sentencing-conduct section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-discretion 1. Whether, in order to properly exercise its discretion under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 to impose a reduced sentence for an eligib…
20-5264 Lakento Brian Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The First Step Act changed the penalty for petitioner's crack cocaine crimes from life in prison to 10 years to life and changed petitioner's guidelin…
19-8036 Odis Lee Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review…