No. 23-6251

Jonathan Rodriguez v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acquitted-conduct confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-standard sixth-amendment suppression-motion
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2024-01-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the use of a preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing violated Rodriguez's Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED L Whether the use of a preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing violated Rodriguez’s Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights? I. Whether acquitted conduct should be considered at sentencing? Il. Whether the Confrontation Clause should be applied at sentencing? IV. Whether a sentencing disparity between powder and crack cocaine is constitutional? V. Whether Rodriguez’s suppression motion should have been granted? Oe

Docket Entries

2024-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
2023-12-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 12, 2024)

Attorneys

Jonathan Rodriguez
Sandra EastwoodSandra Eastwood, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent