| 22-860 |
Chene Devonne Manley v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-03-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
certificate-of-appealability chiari-malformation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence sentencing-determination |
Does the Due Process Clause of the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment entitle an applicant to a certificate of appealability regarding a state prison… |
| 22-5183 |
Douglas Emmanuel Carey, III v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constructive-possession drug-distribution drug-quantity evidence-reliability expert-testimony opinion-witness sentencing-determination voice-identification wiretap-evidence wiretap-necessity |
I. Numerous lay witnesses were allowed to "identify" Mr. Carey's voice on recorded telephone calls despite a lack of reliability in the identification… |
| 21-6654 |
Donald H. Davidson, Jr. v. Florida |
Florida |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
aggravating-factors alleyne-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process hurst-v-florida mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona sentencing-determination |
Under the Due Process Clause, the determination of the existence of an element of a crime must be made beyond a reasonable doubt. See Apprendi v. New … |
| 21-6083 |
James Osgood v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2021-10-26 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment credibility-determinations death-penalty juror-challenge jury-selection sentencing-determination sixth-amendment trial-court witherspoon-v-illinois |
Can a reviewing court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment, uphold a challenge for cause in a capital case on the basis of a potential juror's persona… |
| 19-5259 |
Edgar Armand Hernandez-Castillo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 18-9563 |
Cody Shane Sorrels v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-06-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum |
1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach… |
| 18-6729 |
Jesus Santiago v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process guidelines-calculation guidelines-range judicial-discretion sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines upward-variance |
Whether a circuit court can competently conclude that the Sentencing Guidelines were immaterial to a district court's sentencing determination where t… |
| 18-5246 |
Warren Darrell Rivers v. Texas |
Texas |
2018-07-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-punishment-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment individualized-sentencing sentencing sentencing-determination |
WHETHER PROSECUTION EVIDENCE THAT A CAPITAL DEFENDANT HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH ONCE BEFORE IN THE SAME CASE IMPERMISSIBLY UNDERMINES THE SENTENCING… |
| 18-5075 |
Felix A. Okafor v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-07-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
beyond-reasonable-doubt-standard Blockburger-test blockburger-v-united-states Brady-v-Maryland concurrent-sentence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process exculpatory-evidence glover-v-united-states in-re-winship kyles-v-whitley ray-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-determination sixth-amendment |
MAY A CONVICTION THAT IS ADMITTEDLY A VIOLATION OF THE CONCURTRENT SENTENCE DOCTRINE BE ALLOWED TO STAND IN LIGHT OF RAY V. UNITED STATES, ,481 U.S. 7… |