James Joseph Bryant v. United States
DueProcess
Whether courts should apply the categorical approach under the Armed Career Criminal Act using the latest or historical judicial interpretation of a statute of conviction
1. Whether, when applying the categorical approach required by the Armed Career Criminal Act ( ACCA) , a court determines the elements of a prior conviction based on the latest judicial interpretation of the statute of conviction, as the Eleventh Circuit holds, or based on the interpretation in place at the time of the prior conviction, as the First , Fourth , and Seventh Circuits hold and the Eighth Circuit holds in the Guidelines context. 2. Whether an error under Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024) , is structural or instead subject to harmless -error review.