No. 19-7635

Timothy Courtney v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review
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Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a defendant's statutory sentence should be revisited and overruled

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a defendant’s statutory sentence should be revisited and overruled. i

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 12, 2020)

Attorneys

TImothy Courtney
Andre Robert BelangerManasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, Petitioner
Andre Robert BelangerManasseh, Gill, Knipe & Belanger, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent