attempted-crime
12 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-106 | Ronald DeWitt Vines v. United States | Third Circuit | 2025-07-29 | Denied | attempted-crime bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition statutory-interpretation | Whether attempted armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and the first paragraph of § 2113(a) involves the "use, attempted use, or threatened us… | |
| 23-5640 | Blake Taylor v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2023-09-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-2113(d) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) attempted-armed-bank-robbery attempted-bank-robbery attempted-crime bank-robbery criminal-law force-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force | Whether attempted bank robbery and attempted armed bank robbery are 'crimes of violence' |
| 23-5602 | Curtis Morris Hartsfield, Jr. v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2023-09-15 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | attempted-crime attempted-distribution attempted-transfer circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution drug-trafficking drug-transfer federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation | Whether an 'attempted transfer' of drugs under 21 U.S.C. § 802(8) includes any conduct that would also constitute an 'attempted distribution' of drugs… |
| 23-5139 | Jacinto Alvarez v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-07-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law intent-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation | Does the 'attempted use of force' clause in the crime of violence definition at 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) require an 'intent' to use force against another? |
| 21-6605 | Jermaine Jackson v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-12-14 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP | attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation | Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a) |
| 21-5611 | In Re Andrew James Johnston | 2021-09-08 | Dismissed | IFP | attempted-crime bank-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process intimidation jury-instructions prosecutorial-discretion | Whether the district court erred in instructing the jury on the elements of attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) when the evidence did not… | |
| 21-5326 | Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-08-09 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of 'crime of violence' excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a) |
| 21-5097 | Johann Brito v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation | Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial… |
| 21-5112 | David Starks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-07-15 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial… |
| 20-8372 | Martez Howard v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2021-06-21 | GVR | Relisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation | Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence, whether or not the substantial… |
| 19-5063 | Jose Thomas Barriera-Vera v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-crime criminal-law criminal-statute person-or-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether attempted armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element 'the use .. . of physical force against the person or property of another,' … |
| 18-9687 | Candelario Lucio-Garza v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-06-17 | Denied | IFP | attempted-crime attempted-reentry circuit-conflict criminal-law federal-jurisdiction immigration mens-rea specific-intent united-states-v-resendiz-ponce | Does the crime of attempted illegal reentry incorporate the common-law mens rea of a specific intent to commit the completed offense? |