No. 20-6931

Christopher Shawn Landreneau v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a district court may require a defendant to present his own evidence refuting a presentence investigation report's factual claims leading to a Sentencing Guideline enhancement

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED | Whether a district court may, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the | Fifth Amendment and Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, | require a defendant to present his own evidence refuting a presentence inves| tigation report’s factual claims leading to a Sentencing Guideline enhance| ment-—as the First, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits allow-—or may not-——as the Second, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits have held. | | | | 1

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-05-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-03-05
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Christopher Landreneau
John Dennis HesterOffice of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas, Petitioner
John Dennis HesterOffice of the Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent