Jury role in sentencing
James Benjamin Allen v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- James Benjamin Allen asked the Supreme Court to review whether the Fourth Circuit should have sent his case back for resentencing after the district court refused the parties’ request for a jury to decide whether he qualified as an armed career offender.
- Who it affects
- Allen did not get Supreme Court review of his request, and the Court did not decide whether he should be resentenced.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear the case and did not decide whether the Fourth Circuit erred.
The dispute began after a district court refused the parties’ request to let a jury decide whether Allen qualified as an armed career offender.
Question presented
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Err in Failing to Vacate and Remand Petitioner’s Case for Resentencing Where the District Court Denied the Parties’ Request to Submit to the Jury the Issue of Whether Petitioner was an Armed Career Offender as Now Required by this Court’s Decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024)?
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