No. 18-989
Tags: 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine
Key Terms:
Securities
Securities
Latest Conference:
2019-06-27
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the subsection-specific definition of “crime of violence” in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal criminal prosecution for possessing, using, or carrying a firearm in connection with acts comprising such a crime, is unconstitutionally vague. (I)
Docket Entries
2019-06-28
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2019-06-28
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.
2019-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
2019-04-22
Reply of petitioner United States filed.
2019-04-10
Brief of respondent Marvin Lewis in opposition filed.
2019-04-10
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Marvin Lewis.
2019-04-01
Response Requested. (Due May 1, 2019)
2019-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-01-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2019)
Attorneys
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Petitioner