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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7411 Larry Elwood Steptoe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt career-criminal controlled-substances criminal-attempt criminal-law federal-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines u.s-sentencing-guidelines Whether a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 of the U.S. Criminal Code which incorporates 'Attempt' crimes qualifies as a predicate offense for the Career C…
23-6314 Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) qualifies as a 'controlled-substance-offense' under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A)
23-5338 Keith A. Penn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied IFP attempt circuit-split criminal-law distribution distribution-definition drug-offense elements-test sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the legal test announced in Shular v. United States broadly encompasses preliminary steps and attempts to engage in the identified conduct?
21-6295 Jmarreon Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review attempt controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference fifth-circuit judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in deferring to the Sentencing Commission's use of commentary to expand the definition of 'controlled subst…
21-5960 Alexander Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied IFP actus-reus attempt attempt-offense criminal-law criminal-statute entrapment overt-act predisposition substantial-step Whether the requirement of a 'substantial step' can be satisfied by conduct occurring after the alleged attempt has ended
20-5871 Derrick Lenard Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(8)(A) includes all offenses that require an attempt to inflict bodily injury?
20-419 Stephen Robert Deck v. California California 2020-10-01 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attempt attempt-offense custodial-arrest due-process jury-instructions jury-unanimity right-to-counsel search-warrant temporal-element unanimity Whether the temporal direct step element of an attempt offense may be changed by jury instructions
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of vio…
20-5245 Victor John Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as 'a crime of violen…
19-8586 Roy Ramirez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a 'controlled-substance-offense'
19-8038 Jermaine James v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt circuit-split commentary conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a 'controlled substance offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b)
19-7811 Marcus Scott Crum v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting attempt conspiracy controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-sentencing-commission Whether the Sentencing Commission's commentary to its definition of 'controlled substance offense' in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to include inchoate offenses…
19-6748 Steven A. Adams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting ambiguity attempt conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law deference deference-doctrine sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-manual-4b1.2b statutory-interpretation Whether the term 'controlled substance offense' defined by UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL § 4B1.2(b) is ambiguous
19-5871 Patrick Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent Did the district court err in increasing the defendant's sentence based on the Guidelines definition of 'controlled substance offense'?
19-5134 Kouwanii Brunstorff v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault attempt attempt-crime force-clause new-york physical-force second-circuit second-degree statutory-interpretation violent-felony Is an attempt to commit a categorically violent felony, in this case, assault in the second degree in New York, categorically violent under the force …
19-28 Kenneth Daniels v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Relisted (2) aggravated-felony armed-career-criminal-act attempt controlled-substances-act criminal-attempt drug-distribution immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law solicitation uniform-administration Whether solicitation can by itself constitute an 'attempt' within the meaning of the Controlled Substances Act
18-9327 Aceshunn Brown v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act attempt force-clause new-york-law new-york-penal-law second-degree-robbery violent-felony Whether an attempt to commit a violent felony is a violent felony under the ACCA force clause
18-8082 Elton Lee Baker, Sr. v. Florida Florida 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt charging-information criminal-attempt criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea strict-liability Can a citizen be convicted of an uncharged crime of attempt of the primary charges in the charging information without the attempt statute being inclu…
18-6937 Steven Arthur Morrill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Whether defining 'induce' to mean 'to cause,' without further instructing on what must be caused, leaves defendants vulnerable to being convicted for …
18-651 Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates so…
18-6009 Emile Myrthil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) attempt attempt-liability attempted-offense categorical-approach constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-statute intent-element sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-force Is 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-5915 Michael Hill v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempt categorical-approach illinois intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step use-of-force violent-felony Whether attempt to commit a violent felony is itself a violent felony