No. 23A135
Richard Langston v. Connecticut
Tags: acquitted-conduct-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a state sentencing judge's explicit consideration of acquitted conduct, standing alone, violates a defendant's rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a state sentencing judge's explicit consideration of conduct for which a defendant was acquitted violates the defendant's rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when the resulting sentence falls within the statutory range for the crimes of conviction
Docket Entries
2023-08-16
Application (23A135) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 3, 2023.
2023-08-12
Application (23A135) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2023 to November 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
Attorneys
Richard Langston
John Reynolds Weikart — Sexton & Company, LLC, Petitioner