No. 25-6910

Delmart Edward Vreeland v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2026-02-25
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: apprendi-violation armed-career-criminal-act blakely-violation fifth-amendment-due-process habitual-criminal-sentencing sixth-amendment-jury-trial
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Petitioner's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights were violated when he was subjected to an increased maximum sentence based on the trial court's finding that his past offenses were committed on separate occasions and separately brought and tried on different dates.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights are violated when subjected to an increased maximum sentence based on a trial court's finding, rather than a unanimous jury determination beyond a reasonable doubt, that past offenses were committed on separate occasions

Docket Entries

2025-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 27, 2026)
2025-09-24
Application (25A325) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until October 9, 2025.
2025-08-10
Application (25A325) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 10, 2025 to October 9, 2025, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh. (Justice Gorsuch is recused.)

Attorneys

Delmart Vreeland
Delmart Edward Vreeland — Petitioner