No. 24-6097
Alfredo Alvarado-Varela v. United States
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 Brown — Federal Public Defender, N.D. Tex., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent