No. 24-6016

Santiago Parks Howard-Rios v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
Immigration Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

L Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether all facts that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Santiago Howard-Rios
Adam Ryan NicholsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent