Whether an appellate court can find plain error in a lower court's sentencing where the law was unsettled at the time of the appellant’s trial and the appellant did not object to his...
PLAIN ERROR
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On August 31, 2012, United States Customs and Border Protection agents arrested petitioner Saul Molina-Martinez (“Molina-Martinez”)—a Mexican national with no legal status in the United States—near Sarita, Texas. Brief for Petitioner, Saul Molina-...
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In January 2010, Florencio Rosales-Mireles, a Mexican citizen, was convicted of aggravated assault in Texas state court, and was subsequently sent back to Mexico. Brief for Respondent, United States of America at 4. In 2015, after illegally reentering...
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On January 17, 2017, Michael Andrew Gary, who had previously been convicted of a felony, was discovered with a gun in his vehicle following a traffic stop. United States v. Gary at 2. Gary was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and...
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Respondent Glenn Marcus was convicted by a jury on March 5, 2007, for violating parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ("TVPA"), an anti-sex-trafficking statute, in the face of evidence suggesting he had participated in graphic sex crimes. See...