No. 23A135

Richard Langston v. Connecticut

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2023-08-15
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: acquitted-conduct-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: N/A
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 WeikartSexton & Company, LLC, Petitioner