No. 23-5426

Christopher Robertson v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court
Latest Conference: 2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant can be convicted of a 924(c) offense if the defendant was convicted of attempted Hobbs Act robbery

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . ) CAN A DEFENdANT bE ConVicted OF A 424) OFFENSE, TF DEFENdaNT WAS ConVicted OF ATTEMpTed Hobbs ACT Robbery. ? 2) CAN A DEFENdANT bE ConVicted OF A G24) OFFENSE, IF DEFENdANT WAS ConVicted OF CONSPirAcy Hobbs oe AcT Robbery ° CAN A DEFENdANT be Conviced OF A 924@) OFFENSE bASEd ON A MISSTATEMENT OF Law AS TO!Atiempt” ? 4) CAN THE RESidual clause still bE USEd IN JUTY INSTRUCTIONS TO DEFINE A CCiME OF Violence EVen AFTef 1S WAS Found UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN DAVIS, 134.8.c7 2314 Qoid ? 4

Docket Entries

2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)

Attorneys

Christopher Robertson
Christopher Robertson — Petitioner
Christopher Robertson — Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent