No. 18-5187

Verissimo Tavares v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2018-07-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: beckles-v-united-states career-offender congressional-directive crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing-guidelines due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of crime of violence' in U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(a)(2) constitutes procedural error in light of Johnson v. United States

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED | 1. Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of “crime of violence” | in U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(a)(2), a clause identical to that of the residual clause of the | definition of “violent felony” in 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(2)(B)Gi), in enhancing a | t defendant’s guidelines sentencing range constitutes procedural error in light of this | Court’s decision in Johnson v. United States, __U.S.__, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) | because the clause is hopelessly indeterminate and violates Congressional | directives to the Sentencing Commission? | |

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-07-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-07-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 9, 2018)

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Verissimo Tavares
Judith H. MiznerFederal Public Defender Office, Petitioner
Judith H. MiznerFederal Public Defender Office, Petitioner