No. 25-5500

Clarence C. Roland, III v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-admission fair-trial separate-sovereigns
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether eliciting the fact and details of a defendant's conviction in a separate sovereign —including that it was for the same conduct and that the defendant asserted the same defenses—violates due process.

2. Whether eliciting details of a co-conspirator's conviction for the same conduct the defendant is accused of violates due process.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether eliciting details of a prior state court conviction and a co-conspirator's conviction in a federal trial violates a criminal defendant's due process rights

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-05
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)

Attorneys

Clarence Roland, III
John Dennis HesterHester Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent