No. 23-6632

Jasen Randhawa v. Wisconsin

Lower Court: Wisconsin
Docketed: 2024-01-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deterrence due-process general-deterrence sentencing sentencing-discretion social-science social-science-evidence
Key Terms:
DueProcess Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court violate a defendant's right to due process when a lengthy sentence is based upon mistaken information that a severe sentence will deter others from committing similar crimes when the court is provided overwhelming evidence that severe sentences do not deter others from committing those crimes?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Does a court violate a defendant's right to due process when a lengthy sentence is based upon mistaken information that a severe sentence will deter others from committing similar crimes when the court is provided overwhelming evidence that severe sentences do not deter others from committing those crimes? II. Does due process prohibit a court from imposing a severe sentence that it expressly states is intended to accomplish a purpose which social science establishes cannot be achieved? III. Does a court violate a defendant's right to due process when it imposes a severe sentence expressly based on a general sentencing factor that is not relevant to the particular offender or charges? i

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent Wisconsin to respond filed.
2024-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2024)

Attorneys

Jasen Randhawa
Dudley A. WilliamsButing, Williams & Stilling, S.C., Petitioner
Dudley A. WilliamsButing, Williams & Stilling, S.C., Petitioner
Wisconsin
John Arthur BlimlingWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent
John Arthur BlimlingWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent