criminal-statute-interpretation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-7483 Ruben Aguilera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure criminal-statute-interpretation divisibility fifth-circuit-interpretation generic-burglary sentencing-enhancement texas-burglary-statute Can the Texas burglary statute be the basis for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act?
20-7120 Alfred Montgomery,III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation felon-in-possession generic-burglary plain-error rehaif sentencing-enhancement state-burglary-offense Whether a state burglary offense is categorically broader than generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-6891 Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons Whether a defendant's attempted 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction includes conduct besides detonation
19-6116 Ronald E. Evans v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation generic-burglary north-carolina north-carolina-burglary north-carolina-statute second-degree-burglary sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation trailers Whether North Carolina second degree burglary (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-51), which encompasses unlawful entries into trailers used to store property, is c…
18-7915 Arthur Sean Warner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-locational-elements categorical-approach categorical-match categorical-matching criminal-statute-interpretation descamps descamps-v-united-states federal-statute mathis mathis-descamps-standard mathis-v-united-states school-property state-criminal-statute state-statute Did the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals findings result in a decision that was(1) Unreasonable in light of the evidence present…