violent-crimes

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5503 Raekwon Malik Patton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-enterprise jury-instructions purpose-element racketeering underlying-offense violent-crimes Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) requires a minimum finding by the jury that the underlying crime was committed as a substantial purpose or integral aspect…
23-7439 Basil Loud Hawk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute federal-crimes federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime violent-crimes Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
22-6829 Quinton Birdinground, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law mens-rea recklessness second-degree-murder sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crimes In Borden v. United States, 141 S.Ct. 1817, 1825 (2021), this Court held that, in order to qualify as a crime of violence, an offense must require pro…
22-5743 Timothy Love v. California California 2022-10-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crimes j'l tn*i^ IkiU^ -j~& ^ y^op [^ d ^ Sho-o'{* v'4 * t £<<fIc, TTU-fe/ {0$<LC\A, V • 0 |-e- \a CC y-CU^O^/x o ccu^yi-ejl \HX^ C^<_ ybft'U u*a?f ^ 'j?. f…
21-6787 Rondale Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied IFP but-for-causation but-for-cause circuit-split criminal-law ninth-circuit-interpretation purpose-element racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vicar-statute violent-crime violent-crimes Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the racketeering-enterprise motive was a but…
21-5560 Gary Lamar Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law pinkerton-liability sentencing supreme-court violent-crimes 1. Whether Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946) liability, which only requires that a conspirator reasonably foresee the substantive crimes…
19-8828 Michael Jerald Leggett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-crimes attempted-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act specific-intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step violent-crimes The courts of appeals have universally held that a conviction for a completed offense is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)…
19-6155 Deounte Ussury v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process jury-instructions racketeering statutory-interpretation unanimity verdict-form violent-crimes I. Whether conviction under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute § 18 U.S.C. 1959(a), also known as VICAR, requires a special verdict for…
19-5489 Azibo Aquart v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP criminal-intent criminal-law enterprise enterprise-protection intent position racketeering racketeering-statute second-circuit-interpretation statutory-construction vicar-statute violent-crimes violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering 1. Whether a defendant acts for the "purpose of. . . maintaining or increasing [his] position in an enterprise" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 1959…
18-9639 Dustin E. Ash v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-06-12 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split crimes-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-law-sentencing criminal-sentencing due-process federal-firearms-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines reckless-crime reckless-crimes sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 violent-crimes Whether reckless crimes, like Mr. Ash's Kansas reckless aggravated battery conviction, qualify as crimes of violence under USSG § 4B1.2.