Zachary Wayne Jones v. United States
DueProcess Immigration Privacy
Is it a violation of Due Process under the Fifth Amendment for the federal government to utilize a state statute in the prosecution of a federal law as the predicate offense, when that state statute is broader than the generic federal standard and fails to pass the categorical approach?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Is it a violation of Due Process under the Fifth Amendment for the federal government to utilize a state statute in the prosecution of a federal law as the predicate offense, when that : state statute is broader than the generic federal standard and fails to pass the categorical approach? Does congress passing of§2423(a), which allows the language of a state misdemeanor for which a defendant was not charged, to define a federal Class A felony, violate Due Process? i