No. 20-6198

Agustin Chavez v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-11-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process identity identity-verification post-conviction-information postconviction-information prior-record-exception sentencing sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether courts, including those in Florida, have been incorrectly applying a "prior record" exception to the rule from Apprendi v. New Jersey 530 U.S. 466 (2000), and Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), when in fact no such exception to the Sixth Amendment exists?

2. Assuming the answer to the first question presented is "no" and there is some form of a "prior record" exception to the Sixth Amendment, whether courts have improperly been applying that exception to the issues of identity (whether the prior records are those of the defendant currently before the court) and post conviction information such as the date the person from the prior records was released from prison following their conviction?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts have incorrectly applied a 'prior-record' exception to Apprendi-Alleyne rule

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-12
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2020-10-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Agustin Chavez
Logan Tanner MohsOffice of the Public Defender, Florida 15th Judicial Circuit, Petitioner
State of Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent