No. 25-619
Zhe Zhang, aka Zack v. United States
Response Waived
Tags: criminal-penalty disjunctive-language federal-criminal-law murder-for-hire sentencing statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference:
2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the disjunctive language at 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) providing "if death results, [the offender] shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, or shall be fined not more than $250,000, or both," permits the district court to impose a sentence of death or life imprisonment or a fine or some combination of those options for a defendant convicted of murder-for-hire?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the disjunctive language at 18 U.S.C. §1958(a) permits the district court to impose a sentence of death or life imprisonment or a fine or some combination of those options for a defendant convicted of murder-for-hire
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-11
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 31, 2025)
Attorneys
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Zhe Zhang
Jason Immanuel Ser — Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC, Petitioner