No. 19-8592
Maria Soly Almonte, aka Soly Almonte, aka Soly La Fuerte, aka SoSo, aka SoSo Wavy, aka Soly Montana v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: age-of-consent appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process obstruction-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether Almonte's sentence was procedurally unreasonable because the district court failed to determine whether she obstructed justice under Guideline §3C1.1?
2. Whether there was insufficient evidence that Almonte had a reasonable opportunity to observe whether JF was under 14 years of age, and therefore her conviction for Count II should be reversed?
3. Whether the 20-year sentence was substantively unreasonable?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Almonte's sentence was procedurally unreasonable
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2020)
Attorneys
Maria Almonte
Bruce Robert Bryan — Suite 600, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent