means-versus-elements

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-7455 Vernon Lee Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim divisibility federal-appeals-court federal-court-of-appeals juror-unanimity means-versus-elements state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court of appeals may declare a crime 'divisible' based on its own interpretation of statutory language if the state's own appellate …
18-6757 Ronald Ray Norman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act?