No. 21-482

Hassan Sharif Ali, aka Big Hassan v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-code united-states-v-davis
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a court must apply the modified categorical approach to determine whether a verdict of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) necessarily rests on a valid predicate offense, as this Court directed in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), and Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005), or whether it may affirm such a § 924(c) conviction if it is merely possible that the jury relied on a valid predicate offense.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court must apply the modified categorical approach to determine whether a verdict of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) necessarily rests on a valid predicate offense

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-09-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Hassan Sharif Ali
Mark Christopher FlemingWilmerHale, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent