No. 22-7758

Steven Keith Hunley v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-violations criminal-procedure fifth-amendment indictment jury-factfinding lower-courts-error preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment
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Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a district court judge determine that an individual's prior offenses occurred 'on occasions different' by a preponderance of the evidence or do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require this fact to be charged in the indictment and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Can a district court judge determine that an individual’s prior offenses occurred “on occasions different,” as required by the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), by a preponderance of the evidence or do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments require this fact to be charged in the indictment and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? ii

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-06-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-06-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 12, 2023)

Attorneys

Steven Hunley
Erin Alix Phillippi RustFederal Defender Services of Eastern TN, Inc., Petitioner
Erin Alix Phillippi RustFederal Defender Services of Eastern TN, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent