aggravated-assault

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24A634 Royhem Deeds v. Kevin Sprayberry, Warden Georgia 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete aggravated-assault alford-plea constitutional-challenge first-offender habeas-corpus post-conviction Whether an Alford plea to aggravated assault can be constitutionally challenged in a post-conviction habeas proceeding when the petitioner was sentenc…
23-6259 Bryan Lee Ogle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction most-innocent-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tennessee-statute violent-felony Whether the district court erred in applying an enhanced sentence, pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to Mr. Ogle at sente…
23-5735 Michael James French v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview Third Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining plea-deal probable-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury wrongful-conviction What constitutes the violent felony of the first degree (Aggravated Assault With Serious Bodily Injury) under 18 Pa. C.S. §2702(a)(1)?
22-6697 Ervin Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aggravated-assault borden-precedent borden-v-united-states criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process forcible-assault sentencing-review supreme-court Whether Petitioner is actually innocent of his aggravated and forcible assault offense, in light of Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021)?
22-6432 Edward Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault categorical-approach circuit-split federal-sentencing generic-offense model-penal-code taylor-v-united-states Whether the Fifth Circuit's exclusive reliance on the MPC misapplies the categorical approach announced by this Court in Taylor v. United States, 495 …
22-5626 James Earl Jones v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault case-law criminal-law criminal-statute jurisdiction legal-procedure murder remand sexual-assault statutory-interpretation whether-the-term-on-another-applies
21-7079 Reginald Glenn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law generic-offense mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 What is the mens rea of generic 'aggravated assault' — ordinary recklessness, extreme indifference recklessness, knowledge, or something else?
21-6230 In Re Billy John Roberson 2021-11-10 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm
21-5717 Brandon Demon Blackmon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault criminal-law guidelines sentencing statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
21-5114 Mario Daniels v. Florida Florida 2021-07-16 Denied IFP aggravated-assault criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination separation-of-powers sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-rights Whether the First District Court of Appeals unauthorized abrogation of an Essential Element of the statutory offense of Aggravated Assault deprived Da…
20-8019 Roberto Torner v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP aggravated-assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process equal-protection new-jersey-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a New Jersey conviction for Aggravated Assault, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1), is a crime of violence for sentencing guideline purposes
20-7138 Patrick Begay v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether a district court may consider reports generated by the United States Sentencing Commission's advisory groups that concluded the Guidelines for…
20-6184 I. Dean Fulton v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence third-circuit whether-the-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-violated-buck-v-davis
20-5948 Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault borden-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines supreme-court texas-law violent-crime Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
20-5537 Anderson Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process johnson-decision mississippi-state-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-johnson violent-felony Whether Mr. Alexander should be resentenced without application of the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-8646 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Mr. Griffin should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-7382 Tyrone Jemane Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause mens-rea sentencing-guidelines uniformity Whether a generic aggravated assault requires a mens rea greater than mere recklessness
19-7337 Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
19-7044 Darmarcus Fisher v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fifth-circuit procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the district court imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence and erred by imposing a 4-level enhancement for aggravated assault
19-6858 David Lamont Liddell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-6489 Clifford Gene Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines texas-criminal-law texas-law threat ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2
19-5955 Dennis R. Heilman v. Randy Blades, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-instructions rape variance Does a variance between the Information charging aggravated assault and rape, and (a) a conviction on non-conforming evidence submitted at trial, and …
18-9425 Kevin Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-24 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(a) aggravated-assault criminal-law criminal-liability due-process equal-protection generic-offense interstate-movement physical-force recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-physical-force vagueness voisine-v-united-states Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault is equivalent to the 'generic' form of that offense?
18-8874 Anthony Jerome White, aka Dean Braithwaite, aka Carlos Valentine, aka Anthony Brown v. United States Third Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach deadly-weapon elements-clause second-degree-aggravated-assault second-degree-assault third-circuit-court-of-appeals violent-felony Whether Whites Pennsylvania Conviction For Second Degree Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon Is Categorically Qualify As A Violent Felony Under Th…
18-8662 Howard Lawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history-classification criminal-law due-process florida-criminal-law predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner's prior aggravated assault qualifies as ACCA predicates
18-8063 Shaun Mark Lawler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-02-25 Denied IFP aggravated-assault constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon due-process equal-protection family-violence guilty-plea heat-of-passion ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel murder sentencing statutory-punishment Is it unconstitutional for the Texas Legislature to authorize a greater punishment range and maximum punishment for aggravated assault - family violen…
18-7722 Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea?
18-7232 Arthur Sanchez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied IFP aggravated-assault aggravated-battery armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause force force-clause johnson-definition mens-rea physical-force state-appellate-courts state-robbery victim-resistance violent-felony Whether a state robbery offense that includes overcoming victim resistance by use of force is a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's e…
18-7126 Ishmael Abdullah v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-statute state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's holding that New Jersey Statute §2C:12-1(b)(2) satisfies the elements clause of t…
18-7102 Curtis D. Huling v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence mens-rea mental-state physical-force recklessness sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1 voisine-v-united-states What is the least culpable mental state that qualifies a state aggravated assault offense as generic?
18-5680 Reginald McGee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-procedure indictment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-colloquy sentencing-enhancement violent-felony Whether the defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act
18-5445 Jason Lee Pyles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aggravated-assault arkansas-statute armed-career-criminal categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states johnson-v-united-states-2015 physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Arkansas aggravated assault on a family or household member qualifies as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i), and whether the s…
18-5298 Reuben Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bii 8th-amendment aggravated-assault criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states means-rea mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Does a prior conviction predicated on a mens rea of recklessness qualify as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) in light of John…
18-5115 Stanley Lee Hayward v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault crime-of-violence due-process equal-protection essential-elements habeas-corpus sentencing-guidelines statute Whether the lower tribunal abused its discretion in denying petitioner the right to due process and equal protection of law in holding that his prior …