No. 20-7492
Justice Towan Roundtree v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: alternative-sentence appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion guidelines harmless-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2021-04-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a Guidelines error is harmless when the district judge issues an alternative sentence
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a Guidelines error is harmless when the district judge issues an alternative sentence by stating that she would impose the same sentence even if she was wrong in her Guidelines calculations? ii
Docket Entries
2021-04-26
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)
Attorneys
Justice Towan Roundtree
Jeremy A. Thompson — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent