No. 23-5081

Ronnie R. Lovell v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof criminal-procedure fifth-amendment jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
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,' 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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION 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.
2023-07-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2023)
2023-05-01
Application (22A950) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until July 10, 2023.
2023-04-27
Application (22A950) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 11, 2023 to July 10, 2023, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

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