undercover-law-enforcement
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-6896 | Anthony Rimas v. United States | First Circuit | 2024-03-05 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement | Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive … |
| 22-5417 | Charles E. Williams v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-08-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-law drug-transactions occasions-different personal-use-amounts sentencing-enhancement undercover-law-enforcement undercover-officer | Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame "committed on occasions different from one another" for the purpose of the Armed Career Crimi… |
| 20-7798 | Christopher Williams v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2021-04-20 | GVR | Relisted (4)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance drug-transactions judicial-vindictiveness law-enforcement-officer occasions-different prosecutorial-vindictiveness sentencing sentencing-recommendation undercover-law-enforcement | I. Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame "committed on occasions different from one another" for purposes of the Armed Career Crimi… |