No. 22-6940

Leon Little v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (9)IFP
Tags: criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment uncharged-conduct
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-06-29 (distributed 9 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentencing on uncharged conduct

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant’s sentencing on uncharged conduct which was never admitted by the defendant nor proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt and which was only found by the sentencing court to be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.

Docket Entries

2023-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2023.
2023-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-06-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/15/2023.
2023-06-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
2023-05-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/1/2023.
2023-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
2023-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2023-05-09
Rescheduled.
2023-04-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/11/2023.
2023-03-29
Rescheduled.
2023-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
2023-03-15
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 5, 2023)

Attorneys

Leon Little
Susan M LinKairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent