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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 23-7411 | Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt career-criminal controlled-substances criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-guidelines | Whether a violation of 21 U.S-C. § 841 of the U. S Criminal Code which incorporates "Attempt" crimes qualifies as a predicate offense for the Career C… |
| 23-6314 | Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-12-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the court of appeal s erred in ruling that a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) qualified as a "controlled substance … |
| 23-5338 | Keith A. Penn v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2023-08-11 | Denied | IFP | attempt circuit-split criminal-law distribution distribution-definition drug-offense elements-test sentencing statutory-interpretation | Whether the legal test announced in Shular v. United States — a state "serious drug offense" is an offense with elements that "necessarily entail one … |
| 21-6295 | Jmarreon Mack v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2021-11-16 | Denied | IFP | administrative-law appellate-review attempt controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference fifth-circuit judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it deferred to the United States Sentencing Commission's use of commentary in its Guidelines Manual to… |
| 21-5960 | Alexander Davis v. United States | Third Circuit | 2021-10-13 | Denied | IFP | actus-reus attempt attempt-offense criminal-law criminal-statute entrapment overt-act predisposition substantial-step | 1. Whether the requirement of a "substantial step" can be satisfied by conduct occurring after the alleged attempt has ended. 2. Whether a defendant'… |
| 20-5871 | Derrick Lenard Smith v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2020-10-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 attempt bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A) includes all offenses that require an attempt to inflict bodily injury? |
| 20-419 | Stephen Robert Deck v. California | California | 2020-10-01 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment attempt attempt-offense custodial-arrest due-process jury-instructions jury-unanimity right-to-counsel search-warrant temporal-element unanimity | 1. Whether the temporal direct step element of an attempt offense may be changed by jury instructions to occur on the charged "on or about" dates, or … |
| 20-5347 | Bakari McCant v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force | Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of vio… |
| 20-5245 | Victor John Walker v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2020-08-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of violen… |
| 19-8586 | Roy Ramirez v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-06-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines | Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (b) to include the inchoa… |
| 19-8038 | Jermaine James v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2020-03-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt circuit-split commentary conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (b) to include the inchoa… |
| 19-7811 | Marcus Scott Crum v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting attempt conspiracy controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-sentencing-commission | Whether the Sentencing Commission's commentary to its definition of "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to include inchoate offenses… |
| 19-6748 | Steven A. Adams v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-11-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting ambiguity attempt conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law deference deference-doctrine sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-manual-4b1.2b statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the term "controlled substance offense" defined by UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL § 4B1.2(b) to mean "an offense under federal … |
| 19-5871 | Patrick Jones v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-09-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent | 1) Did the district court error in increasing Havis base offense level based upon its belief that the Commentary to &4Bli2 appropriately includes atte… |
| 19-5134 | Kouwanii Brunstorff v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act assault attempt attempt-crime force-clause new-york physical-force second-circuit second-degree statutory-interpretation violent-felony | Is an attempt to commit a categorically violent felony, in this case, assault in the second degree in New York, categorically violent under the force … |
| 19-28 | Kenneth Daniels v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-07-02 | Denied | Relisted (2) | aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration | The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) makes it a crime to "distribute * * * a controlled substance." 21 U.S.C. 841(a). The Act includes an "attempt" to … |
| 18-9327 | Aceshunn Brown v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-05-17 | Denied | IFP | armed-career-criminal-act attempt force-clause new-york-law new-york-penal-law second-degree-robbery violent-felony | 1. Whether an attempt to commit a violent felony, in this case second-degree New York robbery, is a violent felony under the force clause of the Armed… |
| 18-8082 | Elton Lee Baker, Sr. v. Florida | Florida | 2019-02-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt charging-information criminal-attempt criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea strict-liability | CAN A CITIZEN BE CONVICTED OF AN UNCHARGED CRIME OF ATTEMPT OF THE PRIMARY CHARGES IN THE CHARGING INFORMATION WITHOUT THE ATTEMPT STATUTE BEING INCLU… |
| 18-6937 | Steven Arthur Morrill v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempt criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-offense statutory-interpretation | It is a crime for a person to induce or attempt to induce a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The statute criminalizes … |
| 18-651 | Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2018-11-20 | Denied | 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act | I. Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates… | |
| 18-6009 | Emile Myrthil v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-09-17 | Denied | IFP | 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) attempt attempt-liability attempted-offense categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-statute intent-element sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-force | 1. Is "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague, given the Court's holding in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018)… |
| 18-5915 | Michael Hill v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2018-09-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act attempt categorical-approach illinois intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step use-of-force violent-felony | The Armed Career Criminal Act treats as a violent felony felonies that require the use of force. In Illinois, as in many states and as for many federa… |