realistic-probability-test
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7679 | Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2024-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor | The circuits uniformly hold that Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence and therefore can support a related conviction under 18 US.C. … |
| 23-5962 | Leon Curtis Eckford v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-11-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-law federal-crimes federal-predicate-statute generic-crimes generic-federal-crime predicate-offenses realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation | Whether the realistic probability test first set forth in Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), applies when comparing a federal predicate … |
| 21-8191 | Michael Christian Tinlin, et al. v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2022-06-21 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | case-specific-example categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-context criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez overbroad-language realistic-probability-test sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether plainly overbroad statutory language is sufficient to establish a prior conviction is broader than the generic definition of a criminal senten… |
| 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… |
| 19-5024 | William Thrower v. United States | Second Circuit | 2019-07-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-based-inquiry elements-clause new-york-penal-law realistic-probability-test robbery sentencing-enhancement violent-felony | Subdivision 1 of New York's Penal Law § 70.02 lists by class (from Class B to Class E) all Penal Law offenses defined as "violent felony" offenses; su… |