No. 18-7979

Eric K. Watkins v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 6th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S:C. 924(c)(3) (B) is unconstitutionally vague

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . "~~ ~~» Whether the subsection-specific definition of “crime of violence” in 18 U.S:C. 924(c)(3) (B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal criminal prosecution for possessing, using, or carrying a firearm in connection with acts comprising such a crime, is unconstitutionally vague The District Court had appointed courisel specifically to advise Petitioner on his Johnson claims. Counsel failed to raise a statutory claim under Johnson and moved to withdraw. . : Counsel did this so that new counsel could asset his ineffectiveness to raise the claim. Were Petitioner's rights to counsel guaranteed by the U.S. Const., amend. VI violated when the District Court allowed the withdrawal but refused to appoint successor counsel.

Docket Entries

2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 18, 2019)

Attorneys

Eric K. Watkins
Eric K. Watkins — Petitioner
Eric K. Watkins — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent