No. 18-8302

Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence
Key Terms:
Takings HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a categorical-approach challenge?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a categorical-approach challenge?

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 5, 2019)

Attorneys

Dominique Dontae Lasker
Kara Lee HartzlerFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent