No. 24-6730
Richard David Degout v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process first-step-act sentencing-reduction
Latest Conference:
2025-04-04
Question Presented (from Petition)
This Court should GVR tnis case to the lower court to aadress whether the procedural protections enshrined m the Due Process of Law allows a criminal defendant convicted of CCE Murder based on an of tenses punishable under 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(l)(A) should be entitled to a reduction of sentence under the First Step Act.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a criminal defendant convicted of CCE Murder based on offenses punishable under 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(A) should be entitled to a sentence reduction under the First Step Act
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.
2025-01-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 9, 2025)
Attorneys
Richard D. Degout
Richard David Degout — Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. Harris — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent