No. 18-5680

Reginald McGee v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-procedure indictment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-colloquy sentencing-enhancement violent-felony
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Environmental SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. The district court reverisbly erred when it determined that the defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault was a violent felony qual ifying him as an armed career criminal subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison.

II. The conviction is invalid because: the statute, as construed by this Court is unconstitutional, in that it allows for convictions that do n ot have the requisite effect on commerce; the indictment failed to allege all the el ements of the offense; and the plea colloquy failed to establish an offense. (THIS ISSUE IS FORECLOSED BY FIFTH CIRCUIT PRECEDENT AND PRESENTED TO PRESERVE IT FOR FURHTER REWIEW.)

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-28
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 20, 2018)

Attorneys

Reginald McGee
Ronald Gordon CouchRonald G. Couch, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent