No. 21-6524
Joshua James Mjoness v. United States
Tags: charging-language crime-of-violence criminal-law mathis-precedent modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a court may place determinative weight on the government's charging language when applying the modified categorical approach under Mathis v. United States
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, when applying the modified categorical approach under Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), a court may place determinative weight on the government’s charging language in that very case when determining whether a charged offense qualifies as a predicate “crime of violence” for another charged offense? i
Docket Entries
2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-12-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 5, 2022)
Attorneys
Joshua James Mjoness
John Carl Arceci — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent