Judges addressing sentencing arguments
Perez-Checa v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Gerardo Perez-Checa asked the Supreme Court to review whether a defendant can appeal a claim that the sentencing judge failed to address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the range suggested by federal sentencing guidelines, even without a later objection.
- Who it affects
- The order ends Perez-Checa’s request for Supreme Court review but does not resolve whether a defendant can raise this sentencing challenge on appeal without a later objection.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied review) and did not decide that question.
The case came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and concerns appeals of federal sentences outside the guideline range.
Question presented
Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 589 U.S. 169, 174-75 (2020), a criminal defendant may advance a preserved procedural-reasonableness challenge on appeal when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the range suggested by the Guidelines Manual even if the defendant did not lodge an after-the-fact objection to the district court’s failure to do so?
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