No. 18-5890
Mark D. Whitfield v. United States
Tags: appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2018-10-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the person or property of another as an element?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the person or property of another as an element?
Docket Entries
2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 9, 2018)
Attorneys
Mark Whitfield
Kevin Joel Page — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent