No. 19-8592

Maria Soly Almonte, aka Soly Almonte, aka Soly La Fuerte, aka SoSo, aka SoSo Wavy, aka Soly Montana v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: age-of-consent appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process obstruction-of-justice procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Almonte's sentence was procedurally unreasonable

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether Almonte’s sentence was procedurally unreasonable because the district court failed to determine whether she obstructed justice under Guideline §3C1.1? 2. Whether there was insufficient evidence that Almonte had a reasonable opportunity to observe whether JF was under 14 years of age, and therefore her conviction for Count II should be reversed? 3. Whether the 20-year sentence was substantively unreasonable? ii PARTIES TO PROCEEDINGS The Petitioner in this Court is Maria Soly Almonte. The Respondent is the United States of America. iti

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-05-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Maria Almonte
Bruce Robert BryanSuite 600, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent