pinkerton-liability
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7415 | Carlos Gomez v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions pinkerton-liability predicate-offense rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vicarious-liability | Whether a jury instruction on 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charge based on invalid or valid predicate prejudiced the Petitioner |
| 23-6692 | Mustafa Deville Reynolds v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-02-07 | Denied | IFP | aiding-and-abetting chain-of-distribution controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing-enhancement | Whether the prosecution must prove aiding and abetting or Pinkerton coconspirator liability before a remote seller in a chain of distribution may be s… |
| 22-6554 | Adrian Gordon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2023-01-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c conspiracy-theory crimes-of-violence criminal-liability gun-enhancement pinkerton-liability racketeering vicar-statute | Are Instructions under Pinkerton v. United States appropriate for crimes of violence in aid of racketeering under 18 U.S.C. § 1959 (VICAR) when the pe… |
| 22-6194 | Jordan Huff v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-01 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force | Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires proof of active participation and prior knowledge for aiding and abetting, does Pinkerton liability have a role in s… |
| 22-5170 | Cristian Serrano-Delgado v. United States | First Circuit | 2022-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting conspiracy crime-of-violence davis-v-united-states hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instructions pinkerton-doctrine pinkerton-liability section-924c | Can a valid Section 924(c) conviction be based on jury findings that may have been based on Hobbs Act conspiracy, Pinkerton Hobbs Act conspiracy, and … |
| 21-8116 | Demarco Tempo v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2022-06-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | but-for-causation causation criminal-law death-enhancement drug-statute due-process jury-instructions pinkerton-liability proximate-cause sentencing statutory-interpretation | Should the government be required to prove proximate cause in addition to but-for causation for the 'death results' enhancement in 21 U.S.C. § 841? |
| 21-8089 | Darrell E. Gillespie v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2022-06-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | §924(c)-offense 924c categorical-approach civil-rights conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process force-elements-clause pinkerton-liability | Whether the invocation of Pinkerton theory of liability by the government, without more, obviates the government's requirement to satisfy the force/el… |
| 21-7093 | Jameson LaForest, Robert Wesley Johnson, and Keith Marvel Walton v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2022-02-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | 18-usc-924c criminal-law due-process hobbs-act pinkerton-liability reconsider-pinkerton | May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspiracy? |
| 21-6601 | Austin Woods v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2021-12-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-924c co-conspirator conspiracy crime-of-violence pinkerton-liability statutory-interpretation substantive-offense | Whether the Pinkerton theory of liability can be used to establish the 'crime of violence' element of an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense |
| 21-5891 | Archie Ned Williams v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process hobbs-act-robbery physical-force pinkerton-liability section-924c statutory-interpretation | Must the use of physical force required to establish a predicate crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) be personal to the defendant convict… |
| 21-5560 | Gary Lamar Henry v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-02 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy criminal-law pinkerton-liability sentencing supreme-court violent-crimes | Whether Pinkerton liability applies to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) violations |
| 20-8362 | Damion Sleugh v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-conspiracy criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment judge-made-law Pinkerton-liability substantive-offense substantive-offenses | May a defendant be found guilty of a substantive offense based on Pinkerton liability where that offense was not an object of the alleged conspiracy? |
| 20-7866 | Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2021-04-27 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime | Whether a conviction sustained under a Pinkerton conspiracy theory satisfies the elements clause of the 'crime of violence' definition |
| 20-6311 | Russell Davis v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-11-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | accomplice-liability co-conspirator-liability controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution due-process enhanced-penalty pinkerton-liability sentencing | Whether the government must satisfy the evidentiary requirements for accomplice liability under 18 U.S.C. §2 or co-conspirator liability under Pinkert… |
| 19-8692 | Robert Lee Shields v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2020-06-12 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | buyer-seller buyer-seller-relationship conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-distribution jury-instructions narcotics-law pinkerton-liability substantive-drug-charges | When the evidence in a drug distribution case demonstrates only two sales, what additional factors support an inference of a drug distribution conspir… |
| 19-5691 | Roxanne Marie Carpenter v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | attorney-client-privilege conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rules duress-defense ninth-circuit-rule pinkerton-instruction pinkerton-liability pre-trial-disclosure work-product work-product-doctrine work-product-privilege | Whether the Ninth Circuit's Vasquez-Landaver rule requiring pretrial public disclosure of defense strategy contravenes criminal-procedure rules and at… |