No. 22-5936

Demetrius Troy Bradley v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2022-10-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: acquitted-conduct constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-trial-rights sentencing sentencing-discretion sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Do the jury-trial and due process guarantees of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit judges from considering, at sentencing in a criminal case, conduct that a jury has unanimously found the defendant to be "not guilty" of as an aggravating factor to increase the sentence within the statutory limits authorized by the jury's verdict?

2. Assuming that the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit judges from considering acquitted conduct at sentencing, is that a new substantive rule of constitutional law that is retroactive on collateral review?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the jury-trial and due process guarantees of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit judges from considering, at sentencing in a criminal case, conduct that a jury has unanimously found the defendant to be 'not guilty' of as an aggravating factor to increase the sentence within the statutory limits authorized by the jury's verdict?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 30, 2022)

Attorneys

Demetrius Bradley
Mary Anna Owens — Petitioner