No. 20-5792
Ronald Leslie Pierce, Jr. v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentencing conviction-review criminal-monetary-penalties fourth-circuit harmless-error independent-sentences judicial-precedent sentencing-doctrine summary-reversal
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2020-10-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether concurrent sentence harmless error doctrine is not appliable to multiple convictions and sentences with criminal monetary penalties
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether concurrent sentence harmless error doctrine is not appliable to multiple convictions and sentences with criminal monetary penalties on each since this Court’s precedents have established that convictions and sentences with independent monetary penalties are never truly identical sentences?
Docket Entries
2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-09-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)
Attorneys
Ronald Leslie Pierce, Jr.
Raymond Curtis Tarlton — Tarlton Polk PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent