No. 24-6016

Santiago Parks Howard-Rios v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
Immigration Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether all facts that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant’s statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either admitted by the defendant or proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? i

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Santiago Howard-Rios
Adam Ryan NicholsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Adam Ryan NicholsonOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent