No. 18-7722

Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea, as determined by the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuits and supported by a 50-state survey of state codes, or can it be committed with mere recklessness, as the Fifth Circuit has held? i

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado
Kayla GassmannFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Kayla GassmannFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent