Double punishment for gun crimes
Dion Montreal Coxton v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Dion Montreal Coxton asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Constitution’s protection against double jeopardy allows two sentences for an offense violating both 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) and 924(j), and whether the Fourth Circuit should have allowed a second challenge to his sentence based on Barrett v.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Coxton's Supreme Court case but does not decide whether his sentences violate the Constitution or whether he can bring another sentence challenge.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
United States. The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide those questions.
The second question concerned Coxton's request for permission to bring another federal challenge to his sentence based on Barrett v. United States.
Question presented
1. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an that violates both 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c) and 924( j ) . 2. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in not recognizing this Court's Barrett's decision in denying Petitioner Coxton's motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2244 for an order authorizing the district court to consider a second or successive application under pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in light of the Court's decision in Barrett v. United States, supra.
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