No. 25-5344

Elliot Maurice Browning v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-criminal-act constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure harmless-error jury-determination sentencing-enhancement
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Court's Erlinger decision require a jury to pass on the three separate occasions factor in the Armed Criminal Convictions Act (ACCA), and if so, does a harmless error exception apply?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

DOES THE COURT’S DECISION IN ERLINGER V. UNITED STATES , 602 U.S. 821 144 S.CT. 1840 _ L.ED.2D_(2024) REQUIRING THAT A JURY PASS ON THE THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS FACTOR IN THE ARMED CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS ACT (ACCA), UNLESS ADMITTED BY THE DEFENDANT, ALLOW FOR A HARMLESS ERROR EXCEPTION THAT WAS NOT ESPOUSED IN THE COURT’S MAJORITY OPINION IN ERLINGER ?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-08-21
Waiver of United States of America of right to respond submitted.
2025-08-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2025-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2025)

Attorneys

Elliot Maurice Browning
James Braxton Craven IIILaw Office of James B. Craven III, Petitioner
James Braxton Craven IIILaw Office of James B. Craven III, Petitioner
United States of America
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent