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Demario M. Peterson v. United States

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-2278 · judgment January 6, 2021

Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Question presented

Whether the Sixth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and this Court’s jurisprudence on the procedural and substantive reasonableness of sentences are implicated when a sentencing court bases a significant upward variance on acquitted conduct?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Eric George Eckes
Pinales Stachler Young & Burrell Co., LPA

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 08 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 01 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
    Main Document
  4. Jun 03 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 8, 2021)
    Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisMotion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service