No. 18-8391

Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence
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.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-02-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Nam Nhat Ngo
Kara Lee HartzlerFederal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent