No. 20-7825

Carlon McGinn v. Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2021-04-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-vagueness criminal-history criminal-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-determination jury-trial sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-06-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'PERSON FELONY' in Kansas Statutes is unconstitutionally vague

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Petitioner's 'OUT OF STATE ' crime 'IS NOT' Defined under Kansas State Statutes and used to Enhance His Sentence based on the Determinations of a Judge not a Jury. Whether the subsection-specific definition of "PERSON FELONY" in Kansas Statutes Annotated 21-6810, and Kansas Statutes Annotated .! -6&// which applies in the limited context of a Prior criminal Conviction for Criminal History Determination is unconstitutionally vague.

Docket Entries

2021-06-14
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/10/2021.
2021-05-21
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas to respond filed.
2019-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Carlon McGinn
Carlon McGinn — Petitioner
Carlon McGinn — Petitioner
Kansas
Brant M. LaueSolicitor General of Kansas, Respondent
Brant M. LaueSolicitor General of Kansas, Respondent