generic-robbery

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5532 Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split common-law common-law-offense criminal-classification criminal-law due-process generic-robbery legal-definition precedent statutory-interpretation Whether 'generic robbery' is equivalent to the common law form of the offense, or whether, instead, it carries a broader definition?
22-5437 Justin Cornelius Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force-intimidation generic-robbery judicial-interpretation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of another person by force or by intimidati…
21-7226 Christopher Ronald Martin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing generic-robbery mens-rea recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery, as used in federal sentencing enhancement provisions, encompasses robbery offenses that only require a mens rea of mere reckl…
21-5397 Jesse Carey v. United States Third Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law enumerated-offense generic-robbery legal-interpretation robbery-definition sentencing-guidelines third-circuit third-degree-robbery Whether the Third Circuit misapplied the law and rendered a decision in conflict with other federal courts of appeals by holding that Petitioner's thi…
20-6075 Deshawn McCarter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-statute generic-extortion generic-robbery property-threat sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the California robbery statute criminalize a broader swath of conduct than generic robbery or generic extortion?
18-7197 Johnnie O'Neil Lewis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence generic-robbery minimal-force no-threat-of-violence no-violence robbery sentencing-guidelines split-among-circuits statutory-interpretation Whether theft offenses requiring no more than minimal force and no violence or threat of violence categorically constitute generic 'robbery' for purpo…
18-6257 Edward Dean McCranie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied IFP career-offender colorado-robbery common-law common-law-robbery crime-of-violence force force-clause generic-robbery sentencing-guidelines stokeling-v-united-states tenth-circuit violence Is Colorado robbery, which follows the common-law definition of the amount of force required, a crime of violence for purposes of the career-offender …
18-5095 Tron Lakey Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach force generic-crime generic-robbery minimal-contact minimal-force robbery robbery-definition sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states violent-crime Whether theft offenses requiring only minimal contact and no threat of violence satisfy the generic, contemporary meaning of robbery under the categor…