No. 21-7119

Victor Carlos Castano v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-procedure enterprise fifth-amendment grand-jury jury-instructions proffer-agreement rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Related Cases: 21-1089 (Vide) 21-7083 (Vide) 21-7095 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the government was impermissibly relieved of its burden to prove each element of RICO Conspiracy

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW A. Whether the government was impermissibly relieved of its burden to prove each element of RICO Conspiracy when the court instructed the jury that an agreement to create an enterprise at some undefined point in the future was sufficient to prove the element of an enterprise. B. Whether the Sixth Circuit broke with Circuit Court precedent and sanctioned the unjust increase in Castano’s term of imprisonment when the sentencing court attributed to Castano all drugs distributed by all members of the conspiracy without first determining that the conduct was within the scope of Castano's agreement in the conspiracy. C. Whether the government’s use of Castano's self incriminating statements against Castano during grand jury proceedings and trial violated the written proffer agreement and Castano’s Fifth Amendment rights. i

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-12
Reply of petitioner Victor Castano filed.
2022-03-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 9, 2022.
2022-03-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 18, 2022 to May 9, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 18, 2022.
2022-03-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 17, 2022 to April 18, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2022)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Victor Castano
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner