No. 20-6792

Edgar Rene Mier-Garces v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process tenth-circuit
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Tenth Circuit's test for determining whether two conspiracy prosecutions involve the same conspiracy renders the Double Jeopardy Clause inapplicable to successive conspiracy prosecutions

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits successive conspiracy prosecutions when the conspiracy underpinning a subsequent prosecution is part of the same conspiracy that underpinned a previous prosecution. The question presented is: 1. Whether the Tenth Circuit's test for determining whether two conspiracy prosecutions involve the same conspiracy —a test that is at odds with the test applied by every other circuit court that has addressed the issue — renders the Double Jeopardy Clause inapplicable, as a practical matter, to successive conspiracy prosecutions. ii

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Edgar Mier-Garces
Robert T. FishmanRidley, McGreevy & Winocur, PC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent