No. 18-9245

Martin Paul De-La-Rosa v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-history drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation judicial-review methamphetamine section-2d1.1 section-4a1.1 section-4a1.2 sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2019-06-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a sentencing court have to get its math correct when calculating the applicable federal sentencing guidelines?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW The Court of Appeals erred by not requiring the District Court to correctly apply the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Specifically, the sentencing court 1) incorrectly calculated the amount of methamphetamine (actual) under Section 2D1.1(c) of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and 2) incorrectly calculated the Defendant’s criminal history points under Sections 4A1.1 & 4A1.2 of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Does a sentencing court have to get its math correct when calculating the applicable federal sentencing guidelines?

Docket Entries

2019-06-17
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Martin Paul De-La-Rosa
Denton Bryan LessmanLaw Office of Denton B. Lessman, Petitioner
Denton Bryan LessmanLaw Office of Denton B. Lessman, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent