No. 25-5061

Ronald Johnson v. Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2025-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-law due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-evidence prisoner-rights sentencing
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state prisoner's due process rights were violated when the sentencing court failed to consider mitigating evidence related to his individual circumstances

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2025)

Attorneys

Ronald Johnson
Ronald Johnson — Petitioner
Ronald Johnson — Petitioner