No. 20-6313

Kevin Merritt v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review presentence-report procedural-objection sentencing sentencing-unreasonableness
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-holguin-hernandez-v-united-states-is-relevant-to-preserving-claims-of-procedural-unreasonableness

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, _U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), is relevant to the objections necessary to preserve claims of procedural unreasonableness? 2. Whether the defendant bears a burden of production to disprove allegations made in a Presentence Report? ii

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Kevin Merritt
Kevin Joel PageOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent