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Williams v. United States

Petition for certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, on April 4, 2022

Docket No.20-7798
Op. Below8th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether sequential drug transactions over a short time frame are "committed on occasions different from one another" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act when the same undercover law enforcement officer repeatedly bought personal-use amounts of a controlled substance from a suspect; and (2) whether, in the absence of an appeal waiver as part of a plea agreement, a prosecutor"s increased sentencing recommendation and a district court"s imposition of a longer sentence following a defendant"s attempt to preserve objections to a presentence investigation report amount to prosecutorial or judicial vindictiveness, or whether the more onerous recommendation and sentence are legitimate responses to the defendant"s purported failure to accept responsibility for his offense.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Apr 16, 2021
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2021)
May 14, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 20, 2021 to June 21, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
May 17, 2021
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 21, 2021.
Jun 21, 2021
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
Jul 8, 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
Mar 14, 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
Mar 21, 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/25/2022.
Mar 28, 2022
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
Apr 4, 2022
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Wooden v. United States, 595 U. S. ___ (2022).
May 6, 2022
JUDGMENT ISSUED.

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