element-of-force

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-6707 Ricky Lee Tyndall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process element-of-force federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-damage property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause is unconstitutionally vague due to the inclusion of 'physical force against property' as a basis for a…
18-5838 Hosea Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (4)IFP categorically constitutes a 'violent felony' unde interpreted by state law to be satisfied by the f armed-career-criminal-act circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-statute element-of-force force-element robbery-offense state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states violent-felony Whether a state robbery offense that includes 'as an element' the taking of property by another by force, interpreted by state law to be satisfied by …