No. 20-5720

Martin Garcia-Moreno v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense immigration-law jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing-factors sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), the Court held that in a prosecution for 8 U.S.C. § 1326, the fact of a prior conviction need not be alleged in the indictment because it was a sentencing factor and not an element of the offense. But Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99, 114-15 (2013), abandoned the distinction between "sentencing factors" and "elements," and United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369, 2376 (2019), reaffirmed that "a jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt every fact which the law makes essential to [a] punishment that a judge might later seek to impose." Should the Court finally overrule Almendarez-Torres?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Should the Court finally overrule Almendarez-Torres?

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Martin Garcia-Moreno
Vincent J. BrunkowFederal Defenders of San Diego, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent