Whether a federal court is bound by a state supreme court's interpretation of a statute of conviction for Armed Career Criminal Act purposes

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a federal court analyzing a prior state-court conviction to determine whether the offense qualifies as a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924¢(e), is bound by a state supreme court’s authoritative interpretation of the statute of conviction even if the interpretation was announced after the defendant’s conviction. 2. Whether Texas felony murder—committing “an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual” during the course of a felony—‘has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another,” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(). i