demand-for-certainty

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5159 Eddie Lamont Lipscomb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act demand-for-certainty federal-courts mens-rea state-criminal-law state-law statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code violent-felony When evaluating whether a state-law offense satisfies the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of a 'violent felony,' 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B), fede…
21-5505 Maurice Lamont Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-26 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach demand-for-certainty felon-in-possession felon-status intent-element state-law-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm is sufficient evidence that he knew of his status at th…
18-6495 Richard Anthony Trent v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is 'suggestive' and …