No. 18-9320
Domenick James Howard v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: categorical-approach criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-state-relations lockhart-v-united-states mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states ninth-circuit prior-conviction sentencing sexual-assault statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
WHETHER A PRIOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION
SHOULD BE USED TO INCREASE THE STATUTORY PENALTY
WHERE THE PRIOR STATE CONVICTION IS OVER-INCLUSIVE
VIS-A-VIS A FEDERAL "SEXUAL ACT" OR FEDERAL "SEXUAL
CONTACT" CRIME PURSUANT TO MATHIS AND THE DISSENT
IN LOCKHART.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a prior sexual assault conviction should be used to increase the statutory penalty where the prior state conviction is over-inclusive vis-a-vis a federal 'sexual act' or federal 'sexual contact' crime pursuant to Mathis and the dissent in Lockhart
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-05-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 17, 2019)
Attorneys
Domenick James Howard
Joslyn Hunt — Federal Defenders of Montana, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent