No. 18-7323

Robert Willis v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-01-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acca armed-career-criminal-act career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum violent-felony
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

GROUND (I) WHETHER PETITIONER WILLIS'S 'B&E OCCUPIED' IS A VIOLENT FELONY UNDER ACCA?

GROUND (II) WHETHER PETITIONER WILLIS'S DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICTIONS RENDER INCREASE IN THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM PURSUANT TO HIS CAREER OFFENDER CONVICTION IS RELEVANT TO HIS ULTIMATE SENTENCE?

GROUND (III) WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT CAN USE ANOTHER PRIOR CONVICTION TO REPLACE AN INVALIDATED PRIOR CONVICTION UNDER THE ACCA?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether petitioner Willis's 'B&E Occupied' is a violent felony under ACCA?

Docket Entries

2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2019)

Attorneys

Robert Willis
Robert Charles Willis — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent