No. 18-7185
Santos Orlando Diaz-Martinez v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
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 that increases the maximum sentence for illegal reentry 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
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)
Attorneys
Santos Orlando Diaz-Martinez
Laura G. Greenberg — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent