statutory-minimum
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7756 | Andre Zeno v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-06-12 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | circuit-split criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum | Whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as he does not have (A) more than 4 criminal histor… |
| 22-5575 | Ronald Mickel v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-09-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum violent-felony | I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … |
| 21-6578 | Gregory Leri v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-12-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-history downward-adjustment drug-trafficking first-step-act safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-minimum | On December 21, 2018, Congress enacted the First Step Act of 2018 (P.L. 115 391). In Section 402 of the First Step Act, Congress amended subsection (f… |
| 21-5723 | Juan Manuel Pardo-Oseguera v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-09-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure plain-error presentence-report safety-valve sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-minimum weapons-enhancement | A defendant in a federal criminal case, under the appropriate circumstances, is eligible for a reduction of 2 offense levels and to be sentenced witho… |
| 19-8788 | Travis Job v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-06-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review prior-conviction prior-criminal-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum | Whether the Court should overrule the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which provides an exception to the rule of A… |
| 19-7557 | Lance Yarbough v. United States | Third Circuit | 2020-02-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-activity double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy jointly-undertaken-criminal-activity relevant-conduct sentencing statutory-minimum substantive-offenses successive-prosecution | 1. Where a prosecution for drug conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. §846 is successive to separate sentences for substantive offenses that are included in the … |
| 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… |
| 18-9789 | Dan Pizarro v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-25 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal drug-offenses drug-trafficking first-step-act prior-convictions prior-felony-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-minimum | Because Pizarro is still in the direct appeal process, is he entitled to the application of the First Step Act amendments to the statutory minimum sen… |
| 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… |
| 18-6327 | Rolando Humphrey v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-10-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-determination judicial-discretion jury-role jury-trial sentencing-discretion 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 achi… |
| 18-420 | United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler | Fourth Circuit | 2018-10-04 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum | The question presented is whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circui… |
| 18-5112 | Benjamin Fredrick Charles Robinson v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-07-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | base-offense-level criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dismissed-count due-process mandatory-minimum restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-minimum upward-departure | I. Whether a four (4) level upward departure for conduct underlying a dismissed count pursuant to USSG §5K2.21, bringing the defendant's sentence abov… |