No. 18-5504
William Lem Posey, II v. United States
Tags: career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing descamps-approach divisibility element-analysis element-based-approach grammar-based-approach mandatory-guidelines non-generic-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a non-generic offense is divisible under Descamps v. United States
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED To decide whether a non-generic offense is divisible under Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013), does a sentencing court need to take a grammar-based approach or an elementbased approach? That is, does the court need to ask: qd) Whether a prosecutor could, as a grammatical matter, possibly write the indictment such that it describes a generic offense? or (2) Whether jury instructions would possibly require the jury to unanimously find elements that would amount to a generic offense? i
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-08
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2018-09-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 8, 2018.
2018-09-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2018 to November 8, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-08-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 9, 2018.
2018-08-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 7, 2018 to October 9, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2018)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent
William L. Posey, II
Michael Clark Holley — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Michael Clark Holley — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner