No. 23-6592

Bernardito Carvajal, aka Christian Mendez-Acevedo v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-discretion unreasonable-sentence
Key Terms:
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 MasferrerMasferrer & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
Eduardo Antonio MasferrerMasferrer & Associates, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent