No. 24-6752

Adonis Batista v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial methamphetamine-quantity sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-04-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Petitioner's Fifth Amendment due process rights and Sixth Amendment rights to jury trial violated when the jury found him accountable for less than 50 grams of methamphetamine, but at sentencing, the district court found him accountable for much more, thus raising his advisory guideline sentencing range dramatically?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Were Petitioner’s Fifth Amendment due process rights and Sixth Amendment rights to jury trial violated when the jury in his drug conspiracy trial found him accountable, beyond a reasonable doubt, for less than 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, but at sentencing, the district court, under a preponderance of the evidence standard, found him accountable for much more than what was reflected in the jury’s verdict, thus raising his advisory guideline sentencing range dramatically and forming a basis the ultimate sentence of twenty years imprisonment? i

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 of America to respond filed.
2025-03-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Adonis Batista
David Burnham AutryDavid B. Autry, Petitioner
David Burnham AutryDavid B. Autry, Petitioner
United States of America
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent