No. 23-7566

Brendon Tyre Garner v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 5th-amendment 6th-amendment acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted the defendant.

Whether the court of appeals thus erred by affirming the district court sentence of 100 months imprisonment where the district court relied upon acquitted conduct in determining the applicable advisory guideline range.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted the defendant

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-05-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 27, 2024)

Attorneys

Brendon Garner
David O. SchlesLaw Office of David Schles, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent