Thomas Marmolejos v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Can a section 924(c) and 924(j) charge that alleges multiple predicates stand when one or more of the predicates no longer qualifies as a crime of violence, and the district court instructed the jury that the predicates constituted crimes of violence that can serve as predicates for violations of § 924(c) and § 924(j), and there is no way of knowing whether the guilty verdict was based on the legal error?
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Can a section 924(c) and 924(j) charge that alleges multiple predicates stand when one or more of the predicates no longer qualifies as a crime of violence, and the district court instructed the jury that the predicates constituted crimes of violence that can serve as predicates for violations of § 924(c) and § 924(j), and there is no way of knowing whether the guilty verdict was based on the legal error? i.