No. 18-6853
Noe Garcia-Lima v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-52(b) federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure molina-martinez molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
When the "record is silent as to what the district court might have done had it considered the correct Guidelines range," Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338, 1347 (2016), should an appellate court presume, for purposes of plain-error review under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b), that the error affected the defendant's substantial rights.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an appellate court should presume that a district court's error in calculating the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range affected the defendant's substantial rights for purposes of plain-error review under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2018)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent