No. 18-6121
Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review
Latest Conference:
2018-10-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction qualifying an enhanced sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is a sentencing factor rather than an element of the offense that must be alleged in an indictment and proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
Docket Entries
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-10-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 29, 2018)
Attorneys
Benjamin Vega-Garcia
Laura G. Greenberg — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent