No. 19-6238
Brannon D. Taylor v. United States
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
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 Goldberg — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent