The incorporation doctrine is a constitutional doctrine through which parts of the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution (known as the Bill of Rights) are made applicable to the states through the Due Process clause...
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The following facts are from the Indiana Supreme Court decision, Edwards v. State, 866 N.E.2d 252 (2007); the Indiana Court of Appeals decision, Edwards v. State, 854 N.E.2d 42 (2006); and the parties' Joint Appendix:
On July 12, 1999, Ahmad...
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Because the underlying cases are unpublished, the following facts are taken from the parties’ briefs. On November 12, 1991, Carlos Jimenez pleaded guilty in a Texas trial court to felony burglary and “true” to an enhanced sentence due to a prior felony...
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In October 1993, Petitioner Tara Williams, drove two friends to various stores in preparation for a robbery that they had planned to commit that evening. See Williams v. Cavazos, 646 F.3d 626, 631 (9th Cir. 2011). At one of the stops, one of Williams’...
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Petitioner Kerri Kaley was a sales representative for a New York–based medical-device company. See United States v. Kaley,677 F.3d 1316, 1318 (11th Cir. 2012). In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) informed her that she was under...
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On January 7, 2004, Donnie Ray Ventris and his girlfriend, Rhonda Theel, went to Ernest Hicks's home, because Theel wanted to confront Hicks over rumors that he was abusing the children of his live-in girlfriend. See Kansas v. Ventris, 176 P.3d 920,...
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Oral Argument: Oct. 2, 2007
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (May 9, 2006)
SIXTH AMENDMENT, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, SENTENCING GUIDELINES, ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT, 100:1 POWDER/CRACK... (LIIBULLETIN preview)
On March 25, 2003, Anthony Cooper shot Kali Mundy four times below the waist. See Cooper v. Lafler, 376 Fed. Appx. 563, 565 (6th Cir. 2010). Mundy survived and was hospitalized, and Cooper was arrested and charged with Assault with Intent to Murder ("...
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In 2009, Jae Lee, a legal resident of the United States, was charged with the possession and intent to distribute ecstasy. See Lee v. United States, No. 14-5369, at 2 (6th Cir. June 8, 2016). Following his lawyer’s incorrect advice, Lee pleaded guilty...
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Petitioner Sila Luis provided health care to homebound patients through her two businesses, LTC Professional Consultants, Inc. and Professional Home Care Solutions, Inc., of which she was both owner and operator. See Brief for Petitioner, Sila Luis at...