No. 22-6925

Gregory Allen Cook v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-factfinding sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment
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Latest Conference: 2023-03-31
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Constitution requires the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior offenses 'on occasions different from one another' under the Armed Career Criminal Act to be charged in the indictment and proven to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Armed Career Criminal Act enhances the statutory penalty for a firearms offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) when the offender has three predicate convictions for offenses that were “committed on occasions different from one another.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior offenses “on occasions different from one another,” as required by the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), or does the Constitution require that fact to be charged in the indictment and proven to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt? ii

Docket Entries

2023-04-03
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/31/2023.
2023-03-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2023)
2022-12-16
Application (22A532) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until March 2, 2023.
2022-12-13
Application (22A532) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2023 to March 2, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Gregory Allen Cook
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Petitioner
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent