presentence-investigation-report
10 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6845 | Michael Henderson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-18 | Pending | IFP | criminal-procedure drug-offense firearm-enhancement presentence-investigation-report safety-valve-relief sentencing-guidelines | I. Whether, under Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(1)(D), a district court's order for additional briefing on safety valve eligibility – which notes t… |
| 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… |
| 21-7702 | Marvin Lewis v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit presentence-investigation-report sentencing-enhancement supervisory-powers | Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit" or "Appellate Court")–which affirmed the decision of… |
| 19-6020 | Jose Romeu v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3582 amendment-599 amendment-782 drug-amount presentence-investigation-report sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines | Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals committed error in its affirmance of the District Court's denial of Petitioner Jose Romeu's 18 U.S.C. § … |
| 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… |
| 18-8404 | Adrian Laroy Seymore v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-03-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | burden-of-proof criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process evidence evidentiary-standard government-evidence presentence-investigation-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review | Whether a District Court erred in applying a guideline enhancement based solely on allegations contained in the Presentence Investigation Report after… |
| 18-7358 | Aaron Ford v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255,ineffective-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error presentence-investigation-report section-2255-motion sentencing | Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying to issue a certificate of appealability to review Petitioner's denied motion under 28 U… |
| 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) ? |
| 18-6256 | William Wise Mock v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-10-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender categorical-approach criminal-sentencing presentence-investigation-report sentencing separate-occasions shepard-documents statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether, in applying the categorical approach to determine if a defendant is a career offender, the sentencing court can use a Presentence Investig… |