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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
25-5841 Melvin Ray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment substantial-effects-test 1) Whether the Fifth Circuit's interpretation of aiding and abetting bank robbery as a "crime of violence" under 924(c)(3)(A) sidesteps the categorica…
22-653 Melvin Ray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-procedure different-location guideline-commentary judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stinson-v-united-states Whether the failure to follow the commentary's abduction definition engendered a broad circuit split — and if so, do it show that the victims were 'ab…