abduction
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5533 | Clint Monroe Utter v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-09-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction base-offense-level carjacking firearm-enhancement robbery sentencing-guidelines | 1. Whether the district court erred in denying Utter's objection to the United States Probation Officer's 5 level enhancement to his base offense leve… |
| 23-5546 | Richard Sansbury v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-09-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction circuit-split criminal-law definitional-analysis location-change robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation victim-movement | The meaning of "abducted" as used in United States Sentencing Guideline § 2B3.1(b)(4) and elsewhere throughout the Sentencing Guidelines is the subjec… |
| 22-653 | Melvin Ray v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-01-17 | Denied | Response Waived | abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-procedure different-location guideline-commentary judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stinson-v-united-states | Under § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("U.S.S.G "), a four- level increase applies to a defendant 's offense level, " if a… |
| 22-5404 | Charles Anthony Walker, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-08-19 | Denied | IFP | abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines | (1) Whether movement of an employee within the confines of a store qualifies as abduction under U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A) |
| 21-8247 | Johnathan Carter v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-06-28 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | abduction abduction-enhancement bank-robbery circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | The four-level abduction enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2B 1.3(b)(4)(A) was applied to Appellant's bank robbery conviction based on moving victims… |
| 21-5044 | Ncholeion Kashana Hollie v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-07-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction abduction-definition change-in-location circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing robbery robbery-enhancement sentencing-guidelines ussg-2b3.1 | Under Section 2B3.1 (b)(4)(A) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines ("USSG"), courts apply a four-level increase to the offense level for Robbery… |
| 20-6783 | Jaelon David Harris v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-01-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction administration-of-justice circuit-split federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines location-definition room-or-area sentencing-guidelines victim-movement | I. Whether the forced movement of victims from one room or area to another room or area within the same building constitutes an abduction for purposes… |
| 20-6540 | Joshua N. Wright v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2020-12-04 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction acquitted-conduct constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-courts jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing sentencing-enhancement upward-variance | 1. Whether the district court erred in its "crime of violence" instruction to the jury. 2. Whether the district court erred in assessing an enhanceme… |
| 20-5006 | Manuel Olivas-Guevara v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abduction appeal appeal-timeliness base-offense-level civil-procedure dismissal district-court jurisdiction robbery sentencing-guidelines standing timeliness | 1) DID THE PANEL ERR BY DISMISSING THE APPEAL FOR TIMELINESS? 2) DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO INCREASE MI… |