No. 24-5362

Gumaro Maldonado-Sandoval v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: certiorari constitutional-interpretation judicial-precedent prior-conviction-exception sixth-amendment supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
Securities
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and reconsider the prior-conviction exception under the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? I. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand in light of Erlinger v. United States, __U.S.__, 144 S. Ct. 1840 (2024), if it does not elect a plenary grant of certiorari?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-09-05
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-05
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2024-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Gumaro Maldonado-Sandoval
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
Christy Posnett MartinFederal Public Defender-Northern District of Texas, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent