sentencing-appeal
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6850 | Davantae London v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2026-02-18 | Pending | IFP | appeal-waiver consecutive-sentencing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing-appeal statutory-maximum | 1. Whether a general appeal waiver that does not mention the right to challenge the consecutive nature of a sentence bars such a challenge. 2. Whethe… |
| 24-7296 | Karen Hylton v. United States | District of Columbia | 2025-05-28 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-challenge judicial-discretion legal-error pro-se-plaintiff sentencing-appeal victim-rights | 1. Common grounds for appeal include legal errors, procedural errors, new evidence, inadequate representation, and unreasonable prejudice. When the pl… |
| 20-7507 | Christopher Faella v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-03-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2259 appellate-rights eighth-amendment plea-agreement restitution sentencing sentencing-appeal statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum waiver | Whether a defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his sentence -- unless it exceeds the statutory maximum penalty or violated … |
| 19-611 | Rene A. Boucher v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2019-11-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | appeal below-guideline-sentence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-appeal waiver waiver-of-rights | 1. Did the government waive its right to appeal the defendant's sentence when it expressly agreed that the defendant would be free to argue for a belo… |
| 18-8846 | Silvio Lopez Cuellar v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-04-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-appeal sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights | Does a defendant's plea agreement waiver of the statutory right of a sentencing appeal preclude appellate review of the sentence even where the distri… |
| 18-5701 | Stephen Aguiar v. United States | Second Circuit | 2018-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federal-courts fifth-amendment habeas-corpus second-circuit-dismissal sentence sentencing-appeal writ-of-error-coram-nobis | DID THE SECOND CIRCUIT ERR BY DISMISSING PETITIONER'S APPEAL WHEN ITS DISMISSAL RESTS ON A BOILERPLATE ORDER STATING ONLY THAT 'PETITIONER'S APPEAL LA… |