No. 24-7460
Alvin Porterie, Jr. v. United States
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure overbreadth-doctrine state-conviction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Immigration
AdministrativeLaw Immigration
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act must produce actual state court decisions showing non-generic application of a facially overbroad statute —as the Fifth Circuit alone requires —or whether the statutory text suffices to demonstrate overbreadth —as every other circuit holds?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act must produce actual state court decisions showing non -generic application of a facially overbroad statute —as the Fifth Circuit alone requires —or whether the statutory text suffices to demonstrate overbreadth —as every other circuit holds ?
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-08
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-07-08
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-06-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2025)
Attorneys
Alvin Porterie, Jr.
Dustin Talbot — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor Kaba — Hueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent