No. 23-7774

Pablo Santana Arellano v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: co-conspirator-testimony co-conspirators confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-procedure sentencing-agreements sixth-amendment witness-bias
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether defendants may be prohibited from asking cooperating witnesses and former co-conspirators about their sentences and sentencing agreements to expose bias

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, under the Sixth Amendment to the United State Constitution, defendants may be prohibited from asking cooperating witnesses, and former co-conspirators, details about their sentences and sentencing agreements with the government to expose the witnesses' bias? il PARTIES Pablo Santana Arellano is the petitioner; he was the defendant-appellant below. The United States of America is the respondent; it was the plaintiff-appellee below. lll

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-09
Reply of Pablo Santana Arellano submitted.
2024-09-09
Reply of petitioner Pablo Santana Arellano filed. (Distributed)
2024-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-21
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2024-08-21
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2024-07-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 21, 2024.
2024-07-16
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2024-07-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 22, 2024 to August 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-06-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Pablo Santana Arellano
Kevin Joel PageFederal Public Defenders Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent