No. 20-5016
Ashton Charles Butler v. United States
Tags: bank-robbery criminal-law divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration-of-justice united-states-code
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court
construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2113(a)—bank robbery and entry into a bank with intent to
commit a crime—as a single offense punishable by twenty years
in prison. The Fifth Circuit nonetheless held that the two
paragraphs define separate and divisible crimes.
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) define a single offense or two
separate and divisible offenses?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) define a single offense or two separate and divisible offenses?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-07-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America 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
Ashton Charles Butler
James Matthew Wright — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent