No. 18-6483

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit

Docketed: 2018-10-29

Status: Denied

Type: IFP

Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation

Latest Conference: 2018-11-30

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether facts that alter the range of reasonable' federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?

Docket Entries

2018-12-03

Petition DENIED.

2018-11-14

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.

2018-11-07

Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.

Main Document

2018-10-25

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2018)

Armando Chavez, Jr.

United States