No. 22-5892

Shamar Cortez Womack v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: categorical-approach federal-counterpart generic-offense gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez nongeneric-conviction overbroad-statute prior-conviction state-prosecution statutory-elements
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-11-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a state statute is facially broader than its federal counterpart, must a defendant still offer examples of overbroad state prosecutions to confirm the statute's scope?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Under the categorical approach to classifying a prior conviction, a state offense is nongeneric or overbroad if it covers conduct that its federal counterpart does not reach. In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), this Court held that—when no apparent daylight exists between the statutory elements of the state and generic offenses—a defendant arguing that a state conviction is nongeneric “must at least point to his own case or other cases in which the state courts in fact did apply the statute in the special (nongeneric) manner for which he argues.” Jd. at 193. The question presented is: When a state statute is facially broader than its federal counterpart, must a defendant still offer examples of overbroad state prosecutions to confirm the statute’s scope? @)

Docket Entries

2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-10-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 23, 2022)
2022-09-14
Application (22A133) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until October 20, 2022.
2022-09-09
Application (22A133) to extend further the time from September 21, 2022 to October 20, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.
2022-08-16
Application (22A133) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until September 21, 2022.
2022-08-10
Application (22A133) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 21, 2022 to September 21, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Shamar Cortez Womack
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Petitioner
Jeffrey T. GreenSidley Austin, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent