No. 20-5403

Dimarzio Swade Sanchez v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aiding-and-abetting criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions mandatory-life-imprisonment sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Sanchez's conviction was in contravention of historical jurisprudence and the Sixth Amendment when the district court failed to instruct the jury about the mandatory life imprisonment he faced

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The government convicted Dimarzio Swade Sanchez of aiding and abetting in first degree murder, and he was sentenced to a mandatory life imprisonment. Was Sanchez’s conviction in contravention of historical jurisprudence and the Sixth Amendment, when the district court failed to instruct his jury about the mandatory life imprisonment Mr. Sanchez faced?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Dimarzio Sanchez
Kristina Neal — Petitioner
Kristina Neal — Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent