No. 19-6238

Brannon D. Taylor v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) 18-USC-924c categorical-approach contemporary-interpretation crime-of-violence elements-clause predicate-crime statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2019-11-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts must analyze the least of the acts historically criminalized under the predicate crime or a contemporary interpretation suffices to satisfy the 'crime of violence' definition

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, in applying the categorical approach to the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), courts must analyze the least of the acts historically criminalized under the predicate crime, or whether a contemporary interpretation of the predicate crime suffices to satisfy the “crime of violence” definition? 1

Docket Entries

2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Brannon Taylor
Dan GoldbergFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent