No. 23-6592
Bernardito Carvajal, aka Christian Mendez-Acevedo v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-discretion unreasonable-sentence
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Securities
DueProcess FifthAmendment Securities
Latest Conference:
2024-03-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a sentencing judge may disregard a jury's acquittal and use rejected facts to justify a dramatic increase in the defendant's sentence
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED May a sentencing judge disregard the jury’s verdict acquitting the defendant of causing the decedent’s death and use facts the jury rejected to justify a dramatic increase in Carvajal’s sentence, resulting in an unreasonable sentence?
Docket Entries
2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 26, 2024)
Attorneys
Bernardito Carvajal
Eduardo Antonio Masferrer — Masferrer & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
Eduardo Antonio Masferrer — Masferrer & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent