No. 19-7042

Christian Rosado v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-law guidelines judicial-interpretation judicial-opinions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-law state-law-offense statutory-interpretation use-of-force
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state-law offense qualifies as a 'crime of violence' for purposes of the career-offender enhancement of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines even though judicial opinions of the state recognize that the offense may be committed without the use or threat of violence

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is whether, as the court of appeals in this case held, a state-law offense qualifies as a “crime of violence” for purposes of the career-offender enhancement of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines even though judicial opinions of the state recognize that the offense may be committed without the use or threat of violence. i

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2020-01-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)

Attorneys

Christian Rosado
Quin M. SorensonFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Quin M. SorensonFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent