No. 23-5968

Richard Langston v. Connecticut

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2023-11-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy fourteenth-amendment jury-acquittal jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-01-19 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States prohibit a state court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury acquitted the defendant in the same proceeding

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States prohibit a state court from basing a criminal defendant’s sentence on conduct for which a jury acquitted the defendant in the same proceeding. i

Docket Entries

2024-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-17
Reply of petitioner Richard Langston filed.
2024-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
2023-12-20
Brief of respondent Connecticut in opposition filed.
2023-12-20
2023-11-20
Response Requested. (Due December 20, 2023)
2023-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-11-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Connecticut to respond filed.
2023-11-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2023)
2023-08-16
Application (23A135) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until November 3, 2023.
2023-08-12
Application (23A135) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 4, 2023 to November 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Professor Douglas Berman
Keith BradleySquire Patton Boggs (U.S.) LLP, Amicus
Keith BradleySquire Patton Boggs (U.S.) LLP, Amicus
Richard Langston
John Reynolds WeikartSexton & Company, LLC, Petitioner
John Reynolds WeikartSexton & Company, LLC, Petitioner
State of Connecticut
Timothy F. CostelloChief State's Attorney's Office - Appellate Bureau, Respondent
Timothy F. CostelloChief State's Attorney's Office - Appellate Bureau, Respondent