No. 20-5540

Ugunda Giovanni Sanders v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: conspiracy-charge constructive-amendment double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Government violate Sanders's rights under the Fifth Amendment to have a grand jury consider the charge and to have the Government honor its implied agreement not to use later events against him?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Government charged Sanders with a conspiracy taking place on June 28, 2017. When Sanders pled guilty the Government reserved the right to charge him for relevant conduct that happened before June 28. Then the Government charged him with a conspiracy running from April 2016 to May 2017. At trial the Government presented evidence over Sanders’s objection of events happening on June 28, 2017, and after. Did the Government violate Sanders’s rights under the Fifth Amendment to have a grand jury consider the charge and to have the Government honor its implied agreement not to use later events against him? 1 STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Ugunda Sanders
Kenneth TablemanKenneth P. Tableman, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent