No. 20-7839

Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process hearsay presentence-report rule-32 sentencing
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-05-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When the defendant personally objects at sentencing to a hearsay accusation in a presentence report that he raped a woman, even though his attorney neglected to do so, does Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure require the district court to make a finding on the matter or state that it will not consider the matter in sentencing?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED When the defendant personally objects at sentencing to a hearsay accusation in a presentence report that he raped a woman, even though his attorney neglected to do so, does Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure require the district court to make a finding on the matter or state that it will not consider the matter in sentencing? iii

Docket Entries

2021-06-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
2021-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Taquarius Ford
Michael Robert LevineLevine & McHenry, LLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent