Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States
HabeasCorpus Securities
Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to 'look through' the federal predicate offense and delve into elements of the offense as prescribed by state law?
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to “look through" the federal predicate offense and delve into elements of the offense as prescribed by state law? If section 924(c) limits the predicate offenses to be one "prosecuted in a court of the United States," should the reviewing court be also limited to federal or generic definitions of the predicate crime of violence? ‘ tl : ‘