| 22-7461 |
Detrick Devone Daye, aka Carter v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-05-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
career-offender categorical-approach constitutional-rights drug-felony first-step-act ineffective-assistance sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony |
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Whether the new statutory definition of the term "serious drug felony" set
forth in Section 401(a)(1) of the First Step Act of 2018, and codified i… |
| 21-7393 |
Travis Ryan Skaggs v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-03-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-802 21-usc-841 concurrent-sentences first-step-act sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment |
Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by holding that Mr. Skaggs' conviction in Wise County, Virginia on July 27, 2… |
| 21-6332 |
Daeron Johnson Merrett, aka Reez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals-court-split buyer-seller-instruction circuit-split conspiracy-distribution controlled-substance drug-conspiracy federal-drug-offenses mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony |
A SPLIT EXISTS IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS REGARDING THE GRANTING BUYER-SELLER INSTRUCTION IN THE TRIAL OF FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION CASES.
PE… |
| 20-5628 |
Javier Corona-Verduzco v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-09-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
based on the plain text of the statute without relying on extratextual sources of author 21-usc-841 drug-felony extratextual-sources first-step-act imprisonment-term plain-text plain-text-analysis plain-text-interpretation sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation |
Whether the phrase "served a term of imprisonment of more than 12 months"
in the First Step Act unambiguously allows a defendant to sustain two "serio… |