firearm-use

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-6192 Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute firearm-use mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a person uses or carries a firearm 'during and in relation to' a predicate offense anytime the firearm has 'the potential to facilitate' the c…
23-685 Devaughn Dorsey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering,…
22-7053 Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-statute duplicitous duplicitous-charge firearm-use sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a count charging the use of a firearm to further a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that rests on multiple underlying offenses is …
21-5336 Theodore Howard v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(1)(A) 924(c)(1)(C) constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-use fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Theodore Howard was denied due-process rights, to fair notice of indictment charges
20-551 Jack Witt Voris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied 18-usc-111 assault assault-statute circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-use multiple-offenses rule-of-lenity sentencing-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether firing multiple gunshots in a single assaultive act can be construed as multiple, distinct offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 111
19-7732 Jerad Hanks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-split constitutional-interpretation crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-statutes firearm-use rule-of-lenity use-of-force vagueness-doctrine Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) is unconstitutionally vague
19-5183 Miguel Grado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…
18-7612 Nathaniel Bowens v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking-crime firearm firearm-use mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals' decision below contravenes this Court's holding in Rosemond v. United States
18-7303 Joel Rivera v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting armed-robbery credibility-of-witness credible-witness criminal-intent due-process evidence firearm-use new-trial prosecutorial-discretion seventh-circuit witness-credibility Whether Rosemond v. United States was wrongly interpreted and applied
18-6574 Curtis D. Hall v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence firearm-use sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Whether the categorical approach applies in cases where the defendant was also convicted of using a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)