No. 18-8161
Tags: above-guidelines-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error?
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Is a district court’s gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate “reasonableness” objection in district court? i
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-02-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 29, 2019)
Attorneys
Kali Lord
Kevin Joel Page — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Kevin Joel Page — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent