No. 21-7293
Jose Rodriguez-Vasquez v. United States
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum
Latest Conference:
2022-04-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?
Docket Entries
2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-03-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2022)
Attorneys
Jose Rodriguez-Vasquez
Adam Ryan Nicholson — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent