No. 24-6104

Maurice Kerrick, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2024-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process maximum-term sixth-amendment supervised-release
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when he is never informed that he may be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment for violating supervised release after he was sentenced to, and served, what he was told was the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense– and the D.C. Circuit's opinion affirming his sentence conflicts with decisions of this Court and the Fourth Circuit.

Whether a defendant's double jeopardy and Sixth Amendment rights are violated where he was sentenced to, and served, the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense and was never informed that he could be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment for violating supervised release.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when he is never informed that he may be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment for violating supervised release after he was sentenced to, and served, what he was told was the maximum term of imprisonment for the offense

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 America of right to respond submitted.
2024-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-12-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 9, 2025)

Attorneys

Maurice Kerrick, Jr.
Abraham KramerFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent