presentence-investigation
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5610 | Greg Gogin v. Michael Meisner, Warden | Seventh Circuit | 2025-09-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process habeas-corpus presentence-investigation sentencing-accuracy statutory-interpretation witness-testimony | Whether a defendant's sworn testimony while on the witness stand and under oath should be given credence as to the facts of his case and can defendant… |
| 23-5240 | Alden Brent Cooper v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Section 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(1) can be violated by either knowingly receiving or distributing child pornography. A defendant accused of a violation of… |
| 22-5854 | Willie Ricardo Gordon v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-10-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-weights fourth-circuit obstruction-of-justice presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing | 1. Did the trial court err in accepting the findings of the presentence investigation report, regarding the weights of the drugs attributable to Mr. G… |
| 20-5488 | Franklin Rafael Lopez Toala v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-Amendment appellate-record due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment Gardner-v-Florida judicial-procedure presentence-investigation sentencing sentencing-review | 1. In reviewing a sentencing judgment, may the Eleventh Circuit consider new materials that were never introduced to the sentencing judge? (A 9-2 spli… |
| 19-7575 | Rashaun Scott Carter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-02-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review appellate-waiver controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining presentence-investigation sentencing | Does an appellate waiver bar an appeal based upon a flawed, prejudicial presentence investigation report performed between the trial court's acceptanc… |
| 19-746 | Oliver Ray Carbutt v. Colorado | Colorado | 2019-12-11 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea plea-bargaining presentence-investigation self-incrimination sentencing sex-offense sex-offenses | I. When a court is in the process of accepting a guilty plea for a sex offense that will require an intrusive presentence investigation including ques… |
| 18-8522 | Edwin Fernandez v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-03-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | Arizona-v-Gant criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stages ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Montejo-v-Louisiana presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report right-to-counsel search-and-seizure search-doctrine Strickland-v-Washington | In Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 80 l.ed.2d 674, 104 S.Ct. 2052 (1984) this court explained the standard of review for an ineffective assist… |
| 18-8268 | Alandis D. Patterson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-03-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-history criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process presentence-investigation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sexual-abuse | 1. Did the trial court err in overruling the Petitioner's objection to the Application of a two-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. Section 2G1.1(c)(1… |
| 18-6300 | Cheryl Singleton v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-10-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | allocution criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure joint-stipulation presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing | Does the filing of joint stipulation(s) as to the presentence investigation report entitle the defendant to allocution on the (A)(i), (ii) ? |