substantive-offense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-284 Andre Ricardo Briscoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-conspiracy federal-prosecution overt-act statute-of-limitations substantive-offense tolling-doctrine Prosecutors, judges, and defense lawyers know that the statute of limitations for almost all federal crimes is five years. 18 U.S.C. § 3282(a). Yet th…
23A428 Charles States v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-11-13 Presumed Complete attempted-murder categorical-approach crime-of-violence sentencing-guidelines substantive-offense united-states-v-taylor Question not identified.
21-6601 Austin Woods v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c co-conspirator conspiracy crime-of-violence pinkerton-liability statutory-interpretation substantive-offense In 1946, this Court enunciated the Pinkerton theory of liability, which permits a defendant to be held liable for a substantive offense committed by a…
20-8362 Damion Sleugh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment judge-made-law Pinkerton-liability substantive-offense substantive-offenses 1. May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspirac…
19-7363 Richard Grady Romans v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution felony-enhancement occasions-different predicate-offense serious-drug-offense substantive-offense violent-felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), a felon who possesses a firearm is subject to an enhanced sentence if he has three p…