No. 22-7626
Tynan Anthony Checchi v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cross-examination fifth-amendment miranda-v-arizona self-incrimination sentencing unsworn-allocution
Latest Conference:
2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
1) Was Mr. Checchi's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination violated when a district court cross-examined him during his unsworn allocution at his sentencing hearing, and then applied the extracted testimony to Mr. Checchi's sentencing decision?
2) Alternatively, does cross-examination of a criminal defendant during an unsworn allocution violate the right to allocution?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was Mr. Checchi's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination violated?
Docket Entries
2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-05-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 23, 2023)
Attorneys
Tynan Anthony Checchi
Matthew Charles Gulotta — The Gulotta Firm, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent