No. 21-882
Esteban Gaspar-Felipe v. United States
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment acquitted-conduct criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
2022-01-21
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause prohibits a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on a charge of which a jury acquitted him, as the Michigan Supreme Court has held, or whether, instead, acquitted-conduct sentencing complies with the Fifth Amendment, as 12 federal courts of appeal and the Iowa Supreme Court have held.
2. Whether the Sixth Amendment's right to jury trial prohibits a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on a charge of which a jury acquitted him.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether acquitted-conduct sentencing violates the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause or the Sixth Amendment's right to jury trial
Docket Entries
2022-01-24
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-19
Certificate of Service and Certificate of Word Count filed with respect to amici curiae brief of Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.), et al.
2022-01-14
Brief amici curiae of Judge Nancy Gertner and Professor Douglas Berman filed.
2022-01-12
Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-01-11
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed)
2022-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
2021-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 14, 2022)
Attorneys
Americans for Prosperity Foundation, et al.
Cato Institute
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Esteban Gaspar-Felipe
Easha Anand — Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Petitioner
Judge Nancy Gertner and Professor Douglas Berman
Christopher D. Man — Winston & Strawn LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent