No. 19-7520
Edward Steven Feeney, Jr. v. United States
Tags: categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit judicial-precedent lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, and whether any uncertainty in state law should benefit the defendant, as the Fifth Circuit has held?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, and whether any uncertainty in state law should benefit the defendant, as the Fifth Circuit has held?
Docket Entries
2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 2, 2020)
Attorneys
Edward Feeney, Jr.
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent