No. 20-5411

Kwame Anderson v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-law presentence-report resentencing sentencing-procedure sentencing-proceeding
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court must settle an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, regarding Petitioner's resentence that was imposed three year after his original sentence without an updated presentence report

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Court must settle an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, regarding Petitioner’s resentence that was imposed three year after his original sentence without an updated presentence report. 2. Whether Petitioner was deprived of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel at the sentencing proceeding when no objection was made to the use of the old presentence report to sentence Petitioner. i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Kwame Anderson
Robin SmithLaw Office of Robin C. Smith, Esq., P.C., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent