No. 18-8299

Walter Raynard Lingard v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: allocution-rights appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-departure due-process judicial-discretion probation-revocation right-to-allocution sentencing-review
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the court of appeals err in its determination that the district court did not err in declining to vary downward based upon Lingard's state probation revocation sentence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN ITS DETERMINATION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ERR IN DECLINING TO VARY DOWNWARD BASED UPON LINGARD'S STATE PROBATION REVOCATION SENTENCE? DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN ITS DETERMINATION THAT THE. DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ERR WHEN IT FAILED TO GIVE LINGARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COURT AT SENTENCING?

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2019)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Walter Lingard
Walter Raynard Lingard — Petitioner
Walter Raynard Lingard — Petitioner