lowest-level-of-conduct

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-7549 Gerard Cliston Ellis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct state-law Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-7520 Edward Steven Feeney, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law due-process eighth-circuit judicial-precedent lowest-level-conduct lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6862 Dalton Betsinger v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6688 Robert Joseph Fisher v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6671 Kyle Dwayne Boleyn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the determination of a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determina…
19-6672 Erwin Keith Bell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the determination of a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determina…
19-6677 Justin Scott Vasey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…