No. 20-1565
Michael Ryan Mitchan v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2021-06-03
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Should defendants in criminal cases be permitted to confront witnesses against them at sentencing when their uncorroborated hearsay statements are solely responsible for increasing sentencing guidelines?
2. Does it violate the principles of due process for a sentencing court to adopt a drug quantity based on relevant conduct as calculated in a Presentence Investigation Report without conducting any on the record inquiry into the rebuttal evidence provided by the defendant?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should defendants in criminal cases be permitted to confront witnesses against them at sentencing when their uncorroborated hearsay statements are solely responsible for increasing sentencing guidelines?
Docket Entries
2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 10, 2021)
Attorneys
Michael Ryan Mitchan
Jeffrey Harris Lichtman — Law Offices of Jeffrey Lichtman, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent