Docket Number: 24-5774

Decision Below: 102 F.4th 60 (2d Cir. 2024)

Lower Court Case Number: 21-1379

Question Presented

1. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and§ 924(j), a question that divides seven circuits but about which the Solicitor General and Petitioner agree.

2. Whether "Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under §924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after" United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022). United States v. Stoney , 62 F.4th 108, 113 (3d Cir. 2023).

Petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition. Charles L. McCloud, Esquire, of Washington, D.C., is invited to brief and argue this case, as amicus curiae, in support of the judgment below.

Cert. Granted March 3, 2025.

See transcript

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2025/24-5774_7648.pdf