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Gaspar-Felipe v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on January 24, 2022.

Docket No.21-882
Op. Below5th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether the Fifth Amendment"s due process clause prohibits a federal court from basing a criminal defendant"s sentence on a charge of which a jury acquitted him, as the Michigan Supreme Court has held, or whether, instead, acquitted-conduct sentencing complies with the Fifth Amendment, as 12 federal courts of appeal and the Iowa Supreme Court have held; and (2) whether the Sixth Amendment"s right to jury trial prohibits a federal court from basing a criminal defendant"s sentence on a charge of which a jury acquitted him.

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