No. 21-5284

Albert Lamont Hector v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acquitted-conduct due-process federal-appeals-courts fifth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment state-high-courts
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether sentences based on acquitted conduct violate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause or Sixth Amendment's jury-trial guarantee

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether sentences based on acquitted conduct violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause or Sixth Amendment’s jury-trial guarantee, a question that has caused a split between the federal appeals courts and decisions of multiple state high courts. i PARTIES AND PROCEEDINGS All

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 2, 2021)

Attorneys

Albert Hector
Jonathan David LibbyOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent