No. 18-8333
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 criminal-law due-process racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-crime violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Whether a VICAR conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) can be sustained when a gang member commits a violent act that is unrelated to the racketeering enterprise?
II. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague? This identical question is pending before this Court in United States v. Davis, No. 18-431 (cert. granted, Jan. 4, 2019).
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a VICAR conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) can be sustained when a gang member commits a violent act that is unrelated to the racketeering enterprise?
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)
Attorneys
Jorge Sosa
William Robinson Heroy — Goodman Carr, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent