No. 19-7984

Danny Pereda v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process government-discretion government-procedures jury-trial sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference: 2020-05-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is unconstitutional to provide such discretion to courts to deny defendants their Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial and instead impose a sentence based solely on the government's recommendation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2020-05-04
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2020-04-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Danny Pereda
Danny Pereda — Petitioner
Danny Pereda — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent