United States v. Thrower’s Empirical Analysis
914 F.3d 770 · 2019
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez · Descamps v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Welch v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]hough 57 1 Thrower posits that a defendant might be convicted of attempted robbery in New 2 York for an attempt to threaten to use physical force--as distinct from an attempt to use 3 physical force or a threat to use physical force--he fails to 'at least point to his own case 4 or other cases in which the state courts did in fact apply the statute in the . . . manner 5 for which he argues.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under federal law, '[a] person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime 5 if he or she (1) had the intent to commit the crime, and (2) engaged in conduct 6 amounting to a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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