weapons

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
20-7021	Martel Valencia-Cortez v. United States	Ninth Circuit	2021-02-03	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	assault assault-charge criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation weapon-definition weapons	Whether a 'deadly or dangerous weapon' for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) includes a natural object that was not designed to be a weapon, such as a ro…
19-6891	Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States	Second Circuit	2019-12-10	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons	Whether a defendant's attempted 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction includes conduct besides detonation