No. 23-685

Devaughn Dorsey v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering, under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1), is not a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)'s elements clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW A. Whether Petitioner’s conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering, under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1), is not a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)’s elements clause. ll STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U. S. C. §455(b)(3) and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior government employment).
2024-01-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-02
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-12-19

Attorneys

Devaughn Dorsey
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner
Matthew McGavock RobinsonRobinson & Brandt, PSC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent