criminal-interpretation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7760 Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be commit…
20-5302 Edwin Daniel Gongora-Baltan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-interpretation criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application judicial-construction rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether a court must employ the presumption against extraterritorial application and the rule of lenity in interpreting a sentencing guideline enhance…
19-7141 Fernando Oliveros v. Illinois Illinois 2020-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-guarantee criminal-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto free-speech legislative-intent lenity standing statutory-ambiguity statutory-construction When the legislature has not spoken in language that is clear and definite and has affixed the punishment for an offense, can a state court limit the …