No. 23-6092

Joe Lawrence Gallegos v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-review circuit-split criminal-enterprise criminal-law federal-courts gang-status gang-violence purpose-doctrine self-defense self-preservation statutory-interpretation vicar-murder
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Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether acting on the immediate instinct for self-preservation constitutes acting for the purpose of 'maintaining or increasing position in an enterprise,' for purposes of VICAR murder when the need for self-preservation arises out of the defendant's gang status

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether acting on the immediate instinct for selfpreservation constitutes acting for the purpose of “maintaining or increasing position in an enterprise,” for purposes of VICAR murder when the need for selfpreservation arises out of the defendant’s gang status.

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-04
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-11-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2023)
2023-09-27
Application (23A263) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until November 2, 2023.
2023-09-22
Application (23A263) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 3, 2023 to November 3, 2023, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Joe Lawrence Gallegos
Gregory Mitchell Acton Sr.Acton Law Office, PC, Petitioner
Gregory Mitchell Acton Sr.Acton Law Office, PC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent