No. 25-5500
Clarence C. Roland, III v. United States
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 Hester — Hester Law, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent