No. 23-7265
Nicholas Stewart Hines v. South Dakota
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-considerations sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2024-05-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
1.) WHETHER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS PERMIT
GREATER INCLUDED OFFENSES AND CONDUCT THAT HAS BEEN
ACQUITTED BY A JURY, OR DISMISSED PURSUANT TO A PLEA
AGREEMENT AND FACTUAL BASIS UNDER SDCL § 23A-7-4
(Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(0), TO BE ARGUED BY A PROSECUTOR AND
CONSIDERED BY A COURT AT SENTENCING?
2.) WHETHER SOUTH DAKOTAS HOMICIDE SCHEME VIOLATES THE
SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS AS IT CONTAINS
IDENTICAL MAXIMUM PENALTIES OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND
VAGUE STATUTES?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether acquitted conduct or dismissed conduct pursuant to a plea can be argued and considered at sentencing
Docket Entries
2024-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2024-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
2024-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent South Dakota to respond filed.
2024-04-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 20, 2024)
Attorneys
Nicholas S. Hines
Nicholas Stewart Hines — Petitioner
South Dakota
Sarah Lynn Thorne — South Dakota Office of the Attorney General, Respondent