No. 18-9106

Daqone Lentell Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender career-offender-predicate felony-complaints modified-categorical-analysis modified-categorical-approach prior-conviction sentencing-court sentencing-court-consideration sentencing-guidelines shepard-analysis shepard-v-united-states sixth-amendment unadopted-assertions
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure Immigration
Latest Conference: 2019-05-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentencing court may consider felony complaints, with unadopted assertions, under Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005), when that court engages in a modified categorical analysis to determine the nature of a prior conviction as a potential career-offender predicate under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a sentencing court may consider felony complaints, with unadopted assertions, under Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005), when that court engages in a modified categorical analysis to determine the nature of a prior conviction as a potential career-offender predicate under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. i

Docket Entries

2019-06-03
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2019.
2019-05-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-04-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 3, 2019)

Attorneys

Daqone Williams
Scott GrahamSCOTT GRAHAM PLLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent