No. 24-6097

Alfredo Alvarado-Varela v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-12-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: almendarez-torres apprendi notice-clause prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practices it codified.

Whether, in light of the historical record, Almendarez-Torres should be overruled.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical practices it codified, and whether Almendarez-Torres should be overruled in light of the historical record

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-13
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-12-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Alfredo Alvarado-Varela
Taylor Wills Edwards BrownFederal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent