No. 19-6935

Rickie James King v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review certiorari criminal-procedure district-court due-process fifth-circuit leniency-arguments preservation-of-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness remand sentencing sentencing-procedure united-states-v-haymond
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-challenges-to-procedural-reasonableness-of-sentence-must-be-preserved

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L Must challenges to the procedural reasonableness of a sentence be preserved by a separate “reasonableness” objection in district court? I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymond, 139 8S. Ct. 2369 (June 26, 2019)? ii

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Rickie James King
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Christopher A. CurtisFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent