No. 20-7177
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
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 Nunn — Randall H. Nunn, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent