No. 20-7439

Michael Luis Suarez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-924(c) actual-innocence categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining predicate-offense procedural-default sentencing-guidelines statutory-enhancement
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate offense and the government expressly chose not to prosecute him for an offense that might have qualified had he been convicted of that offense?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a defendant may be enhanced under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) where he entered a plea of guilty to an offense that no longer qualifies as a predicate offense and the government expressly chose not to prosecute him for an offense that might have qualified had he been convicted of that offense?. i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-03-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Michael Suarez
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent