No. 19-7876
Aaron Richardson v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Did an unconstitutional "objective risk of bias," Williams v. Pennsylvania, 136 S. Ct. 1899, 1905 (2016), or "probability of actual bias on the part of the judge," Rippo v. Baker, 137 S. Ct. 905, 907 (2017), manifest itself during the sentencing hearing, in which the judge said someone like petitioner should "be eliminated from the world" and the guideline range "shock[ed] the conscience," and then imposed a sentence almost five times longer than the guideline maximum?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did an unconstitutional 'objective risk of bias' or 'probability of actual bias on the part of the judge' manifest itself during the sentencing hearing?
Docket Entries
2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2020)
Attorneys
Aaron Richardson
Milton Gordon Widenhouse Jr. — Rudolf Widenhouse, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent