No. 21-5233

Abel Guillermo Godoy v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alleyne-v-united-states criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process elements-of-crime jury-determination legal-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-factors sixth-amendment
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
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

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 27, 2021)

Attorneys

Abel Godoy
Elizabeth Richardson-RoyerRichardson-Royer Law, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent