No. 21-6273

Nathan R. Rollins, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: advisory-sentencing-guidelines booker-standard criminal-conduct criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-booker
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Tenth Circuit's holding perpetuates the error this Court sought to address in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented for Review Expressed in the Terms and Circumstances of the Case. | Mr. Rollins plead guilty to single charge of possessing a firearm after | conviction ofa felony. The offense of conviction resulted in an advisory sentencing guidelines range of imprisonment of 57 to 71 months. The : district court used criminal conduct for which Mr. Rollins was not ; charged and which was determined by a preponderance of the evidence to impose a sentence nearly double that recommended by the advisory | sentencing guidelines. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held it was not a violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments for the district court to base its sentence on criminal conduct for which Mr. Rollins was neither charged nor convicted and which was proved only by a preponderance of the evidence. Does the Tenth Circuit’s holding perpetuate the error this Court sought to address in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)? : (b) List of all

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-11-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Nathan Rollins, Jr
William P. EarleyFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent