No. 20-6451

Genesis Javon White v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: acca armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-classification factual-finding occasions-different prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN CLASSIFYING MR. GRIFFIN AS AN ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL WHERE HIS PRIOR CONVICTIONS DID NOT QUALIFY AS "SERIOUS DRUG OFFENSES" UNDER THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA).

II. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED BY MAKING THE FACTUAL FINDING AT MR. WHITE'S 2019 SENTENCING THAT HIS THREE (3) 2010 STATE CONVICTIONS OCCURRED ON OCCASIONS DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred in classifying Mr. Griffin as an armed career criminal

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)

Attorneys

Genesis White
Noel LawrenceLAW OFFICES OF NOEL G. LAWRENCE, P. A., Petitioner
United States Of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent