No. 18-7722

Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a
merely reckless mens rea, as determined by the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth
Circuits and supported by a 50-state survey of state codes, or can it be
committed with mere recklessness, as the Fifth Circuit has held?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea?

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado
Kayla GassmannFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent