No. 23-5758

Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 3553(a)-factors constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial pepper-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation unconstitutional
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-11-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant is entitled to a resentencing hearing when a count in their indictment is later found unconstitutional

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED : L. WHETHER OR NOT.WHEN ONE HAS EXCERSIZED HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL AND BE FOUND GUILTY OF A COUNT IN HIS INDICTMENT THAT WOULD LATER BE FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL DURING HIS INCARCERATION, IS THAT PERSON ENTITLED TO BE PRESENT FOR A RESENTENCING HEARING IN LIGHT OF PEPPER v. U.S. AND § 3553(a) FACTORS THAT NOW FAVOR HIM Il. WHETHER OR NOT THE COURT ERKED AFTER A DEFENDANT'S COUNT IN HIS INDICTMENT WAS LATER FOUND TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AFTER EXCERSIZING HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL THE COURT THEN CLAIMED THAT THE JUDGMENT WAS "CORRECTED" NOT 'VACATED"™ 1IL. CAN A COURT 'CORRECT" A JUDGMENT AS OPPOSED TO "VACATING' A_JUDGMENT WHEN A COUNT IS LATER FOUND TO "BE UNCONSTTPUTIONAL TO. ; JUSTIFY A NEW SENTENCE BY JUST SUBTRACTING THAT COUNTS TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FROM THE TOTAL TERM LN CALCULATING A NEW SENTENCE OR IS THAT UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS WHEN A PLENARY RESENTENCING WAS WARRANTED “IV. IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR A COURT TQ MODIFY A SENTENCE AFTER K COUNT IN A PERSON'S INDICIMENT WAS LATER 10 BE FOUND TO BE™ UNCONSTITUTIONAL (WHEN ONE WAS CONVICTED OF THAT SAME COUNT BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS), WITHOUT FULL REVIEW OF § 3553(a) FACTORS IN LIGHT OF PEPPER v. U.S. ESPECIALLY WHEN UNDER NG PACKAGE DOCTRINE A RY_RESENTENCING SUPPORTS STRAYHORN A RESENTENCING HEARING

Docket Entries

2023-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2023-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2023.
2023-10-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-09-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 13, 2023)

Attorneys

Jimmy Jay Strayhorn
Jimmy Jay Strayhorn Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent