underlying-offense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5503 Raekwon Malik Patton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-enterprise jury-instructions purpose-element racketeering underlying-offense violent-crimes Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) requires a minimum finding by the jury that the underlying crime was committed as a substantial purpose or integral aspect…
22-7053 Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-statute duplicitous duplicitous-charge firearm-use sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a count charging the use of a firearm to further a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that rests on multiple underlying offenses is …
19-5105 Rudy Espudo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…