criminal-solicitation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-913 Keegan L. Lovell v. United States Armed Forces 2026-02-03 Pending court-martial criminal-solicitation criminal-statute military-justice statutory-interpretation ucmj-jurisdiction Where a federal criminal statute for solicitation requires the person solicited to fall within a narrow class, can a conviction be sustained if the pe…
23-5076 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-use circuit-split criminal-law criminal-solicitation elements-clause federal-felony interstate-commerce mens-rea physical-force Whether 'attempted use' in the elements clause means taking a substantial step toward the use of physical force plus the specific intent to use such f…
22-6039 Jonathan Francis Kimbrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-solicitation due-process entrapment entrapment-defense federal-criminal-law internet-crimes law-enforcement-conduct predisposition sexual-offense sexual-offenses undercover-operations Was Kimbrell entitled to an entrapment instruction?