No. 23-5852

Kareem Davis v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence modified-categorical-approach racketeering statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2023-11-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is murder in aid of racketeering ("VICAR murder'), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), an indivisible offense requiring a categorical analysis based on the generic federal definition of murder or a divisible offense to which the modified categorical approach applies for crime of violence predicate analysis under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is murder in aid of racketeering (VICAR murder) an indivisible offense requiring a categorical analysis based on the generic federal definition of murder or a divisible offense to which the modified categorical approach applies for crime of violence predicate analysis under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)?

Docket Entries

2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 20, 2023)

Attorneys

Kareem Davis
Richard Harris RosenbergLaw Office of Richard H. Rosenberg, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent