No. 23A547
Eric Lavell Minter v. United States
Tags: abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure fact-finding jury-trial sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a district court applies a federal sentencing enhancement based on findings of fact at sentencing—and neglects to explain how it selected among competing plausible inferences—does a generic abuse-of-discretion standard of review adequately protect the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a district court's fact-finding at sentencing that lacks explicit reasoning for selecting among competing inferences violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial when applying sentencing enhancements
Docket Entries
2023-12-14
Application (23A547) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until February 9, 2024.
2023-12-12
Application (23A547) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 25, 2023 to February 9, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.
Attorneys
Eric Minter
Andrew Stuart Pollis — Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent