No. 20-1708

Jose Leonel Bonilla-Romero v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: 5th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment notice sentencing sentencing-range separation-of-powers
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require notice of the sentencing range prior to sentencing?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Does the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment require notice of the sentencing range prior to sentencing? Is it a violation of separation of powers for courts to substitute the statutory sentencing range for second-degree murder into the provision for firstdegree murder?

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-29
Reply of petitioner Jose Bonilla-Romero filed. (Distributed)
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-12
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2021-09-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 12, 2021.
2021-09-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 10, 2021 to October 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-07-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 10, 2021.
2021-07-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 11, 2021 to September 10, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-07-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 11, 2021.
2021-07-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 12, 2021 to August 11, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-06-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Jose Bonilla-Romero
Cooke Wilson KelseyParker & Sanchez PLLC, Petitioner
Cooke Wilson KelseyParker & Sanchez PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Edwin S. KneedlerActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Edwin S. KneedlerActing Solicitor General, Respondent