No. 23-6498

Kevin Clayton v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial murder racketeering racketeering-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Jury Trial guarantees contained in the Sixth Amendment were violated when the District Court sentenced Mr. Clayton above the statutory maximum in a racketeering conspiracy based on a jury's finding that murder was involved in the Conspiracy, but where murder was defined to include crimes which do not carry life sentences.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Jury Trial guarantees contained in the Sixth Amendment were violated

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Kevin Clayton
Thomas Colin WooldridgeWooldridge and Jezek, LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent