No. 20-8453

Devonte Jaishun Tucker v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mitigation preservation preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-discretion
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant must object to sentencing court's failure to consider a nonfrivolous mitigation argument in order to preserve the issue for appeal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant must object to sentencing court’s failure to consider a nonfrivolous mitigation argument in order to preserve the issue for appeal. i LIST OF RELATED CASES United States District Court (N.D. Ala.): United States v. Tucker, Case No. (July 30, 2019) United States Court of Appeals (11th Cir.): United States v. Tucker, No. 19-13084, (Dec. 22, 2020) (reh’g denied Jan. 28 2021). ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixProof of Service

Attorneys

Devonte Tucker
Alexandria Darby — Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent