criminal-attempt
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A843 | Harold Edward Spencer, III v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-01-23 | Application | circumstantial-evidence conspiracy criminal-attempt firearm-possession hobbs-act substantial-step | Question not identified. | |
| 24-1196 | Dwaine Collymore v. United States | Second Circuit | 2025-05-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | consecutive-sentencing criminal-attempt criminal-conspiracy hobbs-act inchoate-crimes sentencing-principles | Whether a district court may impose consecutive terms of imprisonment for convictions of attempt and conspiracy under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951… |
| 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… |
| 23-6876 | Joseph Neil Bronson, Jr. v. United States | First Circuit | 2024-03-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-law criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech legislative-intent overbroad post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation vagueness | Is 18 U.S.C. § 1504(1)(C) (Omnibus Crime Control Act) applied to Bronson's Metaphysical attempt to attempt "Louefl)rco,c|j uayi w" unconstitutionally?… |
| 23A478 | Rufus E. Dennis v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2023-11-28 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split criminal-attempt jurisdiction pro-se sentencing united-states-v-taylor | Question not identified. | |
| 23-64 | Bennie Charles Phillips, Jr. v. United States, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2023-07-24 | Denied | Response Waived | attempted-robbery criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act mens-rea mere-preparation substantial-step uniform-test | 1. What particularized standard should be adopted to create a uniform test for when conduct surpasses "mere preparation" and constitutes a "substantia… |
| 19-7653 | Roosevelt Bigbee, Jr. v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden | Tennessee | 2020-02-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 5th-amendment constructive-amendment conviction criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder indictment plea-agreement robbery statute testimony | Whether the admission of the plea agreement test mony evidence, of felony murder in the Perpetration of a robbery Included Tenn 3a-12-101 Criminal att… |
| 19-6144 | Tom Smith, III v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2019-10-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | aiding-and-abetting alternative-elements career-offender conspiracy controlled-substance-offense criminal-attempt divisible-statute sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-mandate sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate | I. whether the Sentencing Commission via commentary exceeded its statutory mandate under § 994(h) by includiiig/aiding and abetting, conspiracy, and a… |
| 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 … |
| 18-8469 | Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-03-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation | The plain language of the crime of attempted enticement or coercion, pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), requires that a person under the age of 18 must b… |
| 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… |
| 18-651 | 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… |