No. 18-8281

Michael Torres v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-03-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-intent criminal-law intimidation-statute leocal-v-ashcroft reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court in Carter v. United States add an additional layer of proof to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) such that the government must now prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant understood his actions were objectively intimidating?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Did, as the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits seem to believe, this Court in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 (2000), add an additional layer of proof to 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) such that the government must now prove beyond a reasonable doubt that not only did a defendant engage in conduct that a reasonable person would perceive as intimidating, but also that the defendant understood that his actions were objectively intimidating? If this Court did not so hold and, as has historically been true, a conviction under § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware his conduct would be perceived as intimidating by anyone, where the statutory definition of a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A) includes the language “against the person or property of another,” can the Ninth Circuit’s decision that § 2113(a) constitutes a crime of violence under § 924(c)(3)(A) be reconciled with this Court’s decision in Leocal v. Ashcroft, 543 U.S. 1 (2004) holding that where a definition of a crime of violence includes the narrowing language “against the person or property of another,” to constitute a crime of violence a conviction must necessarily establish that the defendant was more than negligent with respect to whether his intentional use of force could harm another? i

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-12
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-03-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 4, 2019)

Attorneys

Michael Torres
Peggy SassoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
Peggy SassoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent