No. 20-7177

Sandra Doyle v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process post-arrest-interview prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct safety-valve sentencing witness-testimony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Is it a denial of due process to sentence petitioner to additional imprisonment based on a finding that she lied or minimized in her safety-valve interview based on an agent's testimony that, although she answered every question asked, he did not "believe" her because her answers given in an un-counseled post-arrest interview by Government agents were "different.?"

2. Is it a denial of due process to deny petitioner a "safety-valve" reduction and admit?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it a denial of due process to sentence petitioner based on a finding that she lied or minimized in her safety-valve interview?

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-02-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Sandra Doyle
Randall Harrison NunnRandall H. Nunn, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent