No. 19-5259

Edgar Armand Hernandez-Castillo v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-minimum
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the
statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to achiev e the goals enumerated at 18
U.S.C. §3553(a)(2)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is 'not greater than necessary' to achieve the goals enumerated at 18 U.S.C. §3553(a)(2)

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-07-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Edgar Armando Hernandez-Castillo
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent