silence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-5113 Jeremias Robertson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fact-finding fifth-amendment guideline-sentencing self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-deliberations silence 1. In United States v. Mitchell , 526 U.S. 314, 330 (1999), this Court held that a sentencing court may not draw adverse factual inferences from silen…
19-5403 Randy Charriez-Rolon v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-ineffectiveness criminal-procedure defendant-silence due-process due-process,self-incrimination,plain-error,ineffec first-circuit-review free-speech plain-error prosecutorial-commentary rule-29-motion silence 1. Whether the First Circuit's op/order affirming Petitioner's sentence and conviction finding no plain error when the United States commented on Pe…