No. 20-5001

Mark Norris v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary-statute criminal-sentencing entry-definition generic-burglary sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute violent-felony
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Tennessee's burglary statute qualify as a 'generic burglary' under the Armed Career Criminal Act?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Does Tennessee’s burglary statute, which defines “entry” so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a “generic burglary” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (the “ACCA”)? ii

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Mark Norris
Erin Phillippi RustFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent