No. 18-6855

Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-11-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-challenge constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indictment indictment-variance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining proportionality sentencing sentencing-proportionality sentencing-reasonableness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether appellate counsel was grossly ineffective by arguing a material variance instead of a constructive amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED !!! DATE: 11/16/2018 02:05:05 PM CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS PRESENTED , (1) APPELLATE COUNSEL WAS GROSSLY INEFFECTIVE, BY ARGUING A MATERIAL VARIANCE IN THE INDICTMENT, INSTEAD OF THE MORE EGREGIOUS CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF THE INDICTMENT. (2) WHETHER BY REASON OF A FATAL CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OT PEREZ'S INDICTMENT, HIS SENTENCE AND CONVICTION SHOULD BE DISMISSED AB INITIO. (3) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S IMPOSITION OF A SUBSTANTIALLY UNREASONABLE SENTENCE, AND THE COURT OF APPEAL'S ENDORSEMENT OF IT, CREATES AN “IMPRIMATUR TO A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE™ IN LIGHT OF THE PROPORTIONALITY OF SENTENCE HOLDINGS OF UNITED STATES V. KIMBROUGH (CITATIONS OMITTED) AND UNITED STATES V. RITA (CITATIONS OMITTED) WHEN ALL OF PEREZ'S CO-DEFENDANTS WERE EXONERATED PURSUANT TO PLEA DEALS.

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2018)

Attorneys

Antonio D. Perez-Martinez
Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez — Petitioner
Antonio DeJesus Perez-Martinez — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent