No. 23-7022

Elvis Edgardo Molina v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burns-v-united-states due-process evidence-disclosure fifth-amendment guidelines guidelines-range judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's failure to disclose gun statistics from unknown sources of questionable validity to justify an unprecedented 30-month upward variance from the calculated Guidelines range which ultimately doubled petitioner's sentence is a violation of the Due Process clause under the Fifth Amendment and is contrary to this Court's decision in Burns v. United States, 501 U.S. 129 (2008)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the district court’s failure to disclose gun statistics from unknown sources of questionable validity to justify an unprecedented 30-month upward variance from the calculated Guidelines range which ultimately doubled petitioner’s sentence is a violation of the Due Process clause under the Fifth Amendment and is contrary to this Court’s decision in Burns v. United States, 501 U.S. 129 (2008)? -ii

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-03-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Elvis Edgardo Molina
Marisa ConroyLaw Office of Marisa L. D. Conroy, Petitioner
Marisa ConroyLaw Office of Marisa L. D. Conroy, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent