No. 21-5409

Antonyo Reece v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure district-court judicial-discretion pepper-precedent pepper-v-united-states rehabilitation-evidence sentencing sentencing-variance upward-departure
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Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether imposing an upward departure of 200 months to a criminal defendant who has exemplary rehabilitation evidence is incongruous to this Court's holding in Pepper v. United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether imposing an upward departure of 200 months to a criminal defendant who has exemplary rehabilitation evidence is incongruous to this Court’s holding in Pepper v. United States, 52 U.S. 476, 131 S. Ct. 1229, 179 L. Ed. 2d 196 (2011). STATEMENT REGARDING PARTIES TO THE CASE The names of all parties to the case are contained in the caption of the case. Reece Petition for Writ of Certiorari Page ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-08-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2021)

Attorneys

Antonyo Reece
James Patrick WhalenWhalen Law Office, Petitioner
James Patrick WhalenWhalen Law Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent