No. 23-7345

James Joseph Bryant v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-30
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation jury-trial prior-convictions reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether, for purposes of applying the categorical approach required by
the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a prior conviction's elements can be
determined using current judicial interpretations of the statute of conviction, as the
Eleventh Circuit holds, or only interpretations in place at the time of the prior
conviction, as the First and Fourth Circuits hold and the Eighth Circuit holds in the
Guidelines context.

2. Whether the Constitution requires an indictment, jury trial, and proof
beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant's prior convictions were
"committed on occasions different from one another," as is necessary to impose an
enhanced sentence under ACCA, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). This same question is pending
before the Court in Erlinger v. United States, No. 23-370. See Petition for Writ of
Certiorari at i, Erlinger v. United States, No. 23-370; Brief for Petitioner at i, Erlinger
v. United States, No. 23-370.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the elements of a prior conviction can be determined using current judicial interpretations

Docket Entries

2024-11-08
Judgment Issued.
2024-10-07
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Erlinger v. United States, 602 U. S. ___ (2024).
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-12
Supplemental brief of petitioner James Joseph Bryant filed. (Distributed)
2024-05-30
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2024-04-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 30, 2024)
2024-03-27
Application (23A865) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until April 27, 2024.
2024-03-15
Application (23A865) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 28, 2024 to April 29, 2024, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

James Joseph Bryant
Jonas Holbrook CummingsFederal Defender's Office, M.D. Fla., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent