No. 23-6904

Chance Joseph Seneca v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review categorical criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion due-process guidelines harmless-error judicial-procedure sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court's routine assertion that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether errors in calculating the Sentencing Guidelines are rendered categorically harmless by the district court’s routine assertion that the Guidelines would make no difference to the choice of sentence? 2

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-02-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2024)

Attorneys

Chance Joseph Seneca
Dustin TalbotFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Dustin TalbotFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent