realistic-probability

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5972 Ramiro Gomez-Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-statute federal-definition realistic-probability sentencing statutory-interpretation To establish that a "realistic probability" exists that a state statute applies to conduct not covered by a federal "crime of violence" definition for…
22-7194 Monquel Dejuan-Lee Paulk v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split duenas-alvarez generic-crime realistic-probability sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-taylor I. Is the reasoning of Taylor irrelevant to deciding whether an overbroad state crime qualifies as an ACCA predicate, as the Sixth Circuit held below?…
20-6122 Jerome Capelton v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-liability first-circuit joint-venture mens-rea realistic-probability sentencing 1. Whether the First Circuit's application of the "realistic probability" standard in Mr. Capelton's case, where the elements of Massachusetts "joint …
20-5585 Denis Nikolla v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute duenas-alvarez federal-criminal-statute federal-definition generic-definition generic-offense predicate-offense realistic-probability realistic-probability-test In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), an immigration case, this Court held that when a federal court applies the categorical approach to…
19-6601 Kevin Battle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-prosecution categorical-approach categorical-match circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction realistic-probability sentencing state-conviction state-court state-crime Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an actua…
19-5732 Joel Luque-Rodriguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law federal-offense generic-offense gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez prosecutions realistic-probability state-statute statutory-interpretation To establish that a "realistic probability" exists that a state statute applies to conduct not covered by a generic, federal offense for purposes of t…