sexual-contact

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5939 Brett Northington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach chapter-reference circuit-split criminal-law legal-definition minor-protection minor-victim sexual-contact statutory-interpretation Should the definition of 'aggravated sexual contact involving a minor or ward?' be imported into Chapter 110 from Chapter 109A or should a generic mea…
23-5390 Neeraj Chopra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements indictment indictment-modification jury-instruction jury-instructions sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction constructively amends an indictment by modifying the essential elements of the offense charged
20-7909 Juan Pablo Price v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea ninth-circuit sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the knowledge requirement in 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b) applies to all elements of the offense
20-133 Joseph Michael Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-appeal eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sexual-contact Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that counsel was not ineffective assistance
19-8054 Nathan Richard Vineyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-code eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-registration-requirements notification-requirements sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act sexual-contact statutory-interpretation united-states-v-vineyard Whether SORNA extends to anything meeting the dictionary definitions of 'sexual' and 'contact' or is instead limited to the intentional touching of ce…