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Diaz-Cuellar v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Manfredi Diaz-Cuellar asked the Supreme Court to overrule its decision in *Almendarez-Torres v. United States*.
- Who it affects
- Diaz-Cuellar did not get Supreme Court review, and the Court did not decide his request to overrule the precedent.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied his petition), so it did not decide that question.
The case came from the Fifth Circuit and asked whether the Court should overrule its 1998 decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States.
Question presented
Should this Court overrule *Almendarez-Torres v. United States*, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)?
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