pattern-jury-instructions

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5535 Eric Kamahele v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-09-08 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions united-states-v-taylor Insofar as Hobbs Act robbery has historically been understood to reach threats to harm intangible property, is it categorically a "crime of violence" …
19-5497 John McGill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions pattern-jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. When a district court issues erroneous jury instructions that include (a) to consider conviction with less than guilt beyond all reasonable doubt…
18-7176 Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense that can be committed by causing fear of har…