No. 21-6067

Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2021-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states recidivism recidivist-statute residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a judicially crafted residual clause unconstitutional?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crimes meet the threshold of “(1) actual violence, (2) a threat of violence, or (3) substantial impact upon the victim such that harm results,” unconstitutional in light of this Court's holdings in Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591, 135 S. Ct. 2551, 192 L. Ed. 2D 569 (2015); Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. __, 138 S.Ct. 1204, 200 L.Ed.2d 549 (2018), and United States v. Davis, __ U.S. __, 139 S. Ct. 2319, 204 L.Ed.2d 757 (2019)? i

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 24, 2021)

Attorneys

Johnnie Wills
Jeremy Benjamin CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Jeremy Benjamin CooperBlackwater Law PLLC, Petitioner
Karen Pszczolkowski
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent