No. 19-8783

Alfredo Gonzalez v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 21-usc-851 dimaya-v-sessions due-process felony-drug-offense first-step-act johnson-v-united-states jury-selection plain-error-review sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment void-for-vagueness
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the definition of 'felony drug offense' for the purposes of 21 U.S.C. §851 is void for vagueness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the definition of “felony drug offense” for the purposes of 21 U.S.C. §851 is void for vagueness after Johnson, Dimaya, and Davis. I. Whether a defendant should be penalized — by the imposition of the plain error standard of review on appeal — where he failed to assert his §851 rights, if the court never informed him of those rights SPLIT IN CIRCUITS. II. Whether, assuming arguendo that the prior “felony drug offense” definition is not void for vagueness, Petitioner is nonetheless entitled to resentencing due to the court’s failure to abide by the dictates of §851(b). IV. Whether the inclusion of a juror who did not live in the judicial district or state where the offense occurred violated Petitioner’s statutory and Sixth Amendment rights. IV. Whether the use of Petitioner’s prior conviction to increase the mandatory minimum sentence violated the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, where the indictment did not allege the prior conviction and the jury did not find it beyond a reasonable doubt. VI. Whether Petitioner had been ‘sentenced’ within the meaning of the First Step Act before the appeals court affirmed his sentence. -2

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-06-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2020)

Attorneys

Alfredo Gonzalez
Tina Schneider — Petitioner
Tina Schneider — Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent