No. 23-6802

Wally Irizarry-Sisco v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-sex-abuse child-sex-case criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-law excited-utterance hearsay hearsay-exception sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 803(2) encompasses out-of-court statements that go beyond the exciting event, are elicited by questioning, and are in a child sex case

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Federal Rule of Evidence 803(2), the hearsay exception for “excited utterances,” encompasses out of court statements that (a) go beyond the exciting event to describe historical facts, (b) are elicited not by the exciting event but by the questioning of another person, (c) in a child sex case. 2. Whether the use of acquitted conduct to enhance a sentence violates the Double Jeopardy Clause, the Due Process Clause, and/or the Sixth Amendment.

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-02-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-02-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 22, 2024)

Attorneys

United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Wally Irizarry-Sisco
amy A. barskyFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner
amy A. barskyFick & Marx LLP, Petitioner