Ricardo Valles De La Rosa v. United States
DueProcess
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' affirmance of the petitioner's guilty-plea sentence violated petitioner's due process rights
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : ‘ WHETHER THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS! AFFIRMANCE OF THE PETITIONER'S : GUILTY-PLEA SENTENCE VIOLATED PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS UNDER, AND . _ THIS COURT'S PRECEDENCE IN, BRAXTON V. UNITED STATES, 500 U.S. 344 (1991), WHERE IN SENTENCING THE PETITIONER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, THE DISTRICT COURT RELIED ON OTHER, MORE SEVERE OFFENSES THAN THAT WHICH THE PETITIONER STIPULATED AND ACREED TO IN THE WRITTEN PLEA AGREEMENT AND FACTUAL STIPULATION, SUPPORTING THE GUILTY PLEA, AND WHETHER THESE SAME ACTIONS BY THE DISTRICT COURT ALSO VIOLATED THIS COURT'S HOLDINGS IN NELSON V. COLORADO, 137 S.CT. 1249 (2017).