No. 25-5943

Rollie Mitchell v. United States

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: None
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is Petitioner's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights violated when he is tried and convicted for one offense (distribution of a controlled substance) but sentenced for a completely different unchanged offense (first-degree murder), based exclusively on determined—using a preponderance of the evidence standard, rather than beyond a reasonable doubt?

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Question not identified.

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-07
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 24, 2025)

Attorneys

Rollie Mitchell
Rollie Mitchell — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent