No. 20-5636

Miguel Figueroa v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction gun-statute plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-10-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's statement during a plea colloquy admitting conduct that could serve as a predicate for a conviction for use of a gun under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) suffices to establish the predicate where the defendant was not convicted of the predicate and his guilty plea to the gun charge did not itself acknowledge that the plea was predicated on that conduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented For Review Whether a defendant’s statement during a plea colloquy admitting conduct that could serve as a predicate for a conviction for use of a gun under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) suffices to establish the predicate where the defendant was not convicted of the predicate and his guilty plea to the gun charge did not itself acknowledge that the plea was predicated on that conduct. 2 Parties in the Court Below The only parties in the court below were petitioner Miguel Figueroa and the United States of America as represented by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

Docket Entries

2020-10-13
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
2020-09-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Miguel Figueroa
Malvina Nathanson — Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent