No. 19-6601

Kevin Battle v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-prosecution categorical-approach categorical-match circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction realistic-probability sentencing state-conviction state-court state-crime
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant must point to an actual state-court prosecution to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an actual state-court prosecution illustrating the state crime’s overbreadth. i

Docket Entries

2019-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2019-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2019)
2019-09-04
Application (19A254) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 8, 2019.
2019-08-30
Application (19A254) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 9, 2019 to November 8, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Kevin Battle
Paresh S. PatelOffice of the Federal Public Defender, District of, Petitioner
Paresh S. PatelOffice of the Federal Public Defender, District of, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent