intentional-conduct

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-524 Lighting Defense Group v. SnapRays, dba SnapPower Federal Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) calder-test forum-contacts intentional-conduct out-of-forum-conduct personal-jurisdiction walden-test In Calder v. Jones, this Court held that California courts could exercise personal jurisdiction over Florida defendants "because of their intentional …
20-6706 Roberto Degollado v. Texas Texas 2020-12-23 Denied IFP and whether due process requires affirmative show 14th-amendment criminal-plea criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea intentional-conduct memory memory-defense murder plea-bargaining 1. Is a defendant's open plea of guilty to engaging in the knowing or intentional conduct required to prove a murder charge valid when the plea colloq…
20-5640 Michael Wayne Northcutt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process intentional-conduct mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Where the circuit courts agree that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware that his conduct woul…
20-5278 Melvin Whitehead v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied IFP crime-of-violence federal-court federal-recidivism-enhancement federal-sentencing-guidelines intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence negligence-standard recidivism-enhancement state-offense 1) Where the definition of a crime of violence under federal recidivism enhancement provisions, such as U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1), include the limiting l…
19-5727 Trayvon Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law 1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest…
19-5749 Juan Manuel Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation 1) Whether, when determining whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence, a federal court is bound by the decision of the state's highest…