No. 24-6720

Leroy Harold White, Jr. v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: burden-of-proof criminal-defendants deportation extraneous-offenses fifth-amendment sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Immigration Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-04-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments afford criminal defendants the same burden of proof for extraneous offenses as convicted aliens receive at deportation hearings?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. DO THE FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AFFORD CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS AT LEAST THE SAME BURDEN OF PROOF FOR EXTRANEOUS OFFENSES PROVEN AS CONVICTED ALIENS RECEIVE FOR THEIR EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE AT DEPORTATION HEARINGS? ii RELATED CASES USA v. Johnson et al , No. 4:22 -cr-00276 -O-2, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Judgment entered February 24, 2023. USA v. White , No. 23 -10194, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judgment entered December 5, 2024.

Docket Entries

2025-04-07
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/4/2025.
2025-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 7, 2025)

Attorneys

Leroy White
Blake Ryan BurnsBurns and Davis, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent