Appeals after sentencing errors
Ketric Dwane Turner v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Ketric Dwane Turner asks the Supreme Court to review whether a sentencing judge’s routine statement that the same sentence would apply under a different federal sentencing-guideline range automatically prevents an appeals court from correcting an obvious error in calculating that range.
- What's at stake
- The petition leaves unresolved whether Turner can obtain appellate relief based on the alleged Guidelines calculation error.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Federal Sentencing Guidelines are advisory, but Turner’s petition says they remain the starting point for federal sentencing.
Question presented
Where a district court commits a plain error in calculating the Guidelines range, imposes a sentence within the erroneous range, and then makes a routine disclaimer, does that disclaimer serve as a per se bar to appellate relief under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)?
What happens next
The next step is for the Court to decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument is scheduled.
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Sources
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