No. 18-5884

Matthew Gary Richardson v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-split generic-burglary intent-requirement judicial-factfinding mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing mathis mathis-peek mathis-v-united-states reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'Mathis peek' used by the court below to guess if a fact is an element or a means of committing an offense violates the Sixth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the “Mathis peek” used by the court below to guess if a fact is an element or a means of committing an offense violates the Sixth Amendment by increasing a defendant’s mandatory sentence based on facts that may not have needed to be found beyond a reasonable doubt. 2. Whether Taylor’s definition of generic burglary requires proof that intent to commit a crime was present at the time of unlawful entry or initial unlawful remaining (as two circuits hold), or whether (as the court below and three other circuits hold) it is enough that the defendant formed the intent to commit a crime at any time while unlawfully “remaining in” the building or structure. 2

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 5, 2018)

Attorneys

Matthew Gary Richardson
Laura Elizabeth DavisFederal Defender Services of Eastern TN, Inc., Petitioner
Laura Elizabeth DavisFederal Defender Services of Eastern TN, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent