Chambers v. United States
| Decision Date | 21 April 2008 |
| Docket Number | No. 06–11206.,06–11206. |
| Citation | 77 USLW 3023,553 U.S. 1003,128 S.Ct. 2046,76 USLW 3568,170 L.Ed.2d 792,76 USLW 3563 |
| Parties | Deondery CHAMBERS, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Case below, 473 F.3d 724.
Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted.
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U.S. v. West
...certiorari to decide whether an escape conviction should be deemed a violent felony under the ACCA. See Chambers v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2046, 170 L.Ed.2d 792 (2008) (granting certiorari); see also Chambers v. United States, No. 06-11206, 2007 WL 5117449 (May 8, 2007) (pet......
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U.S. v. Charles
...the question of classifying escape crimes. See United States v. Chambers, 473 F.3d 724 (7th Cir.2007), cert. granted, 553 U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2046, 170 L.Ed.2d 792 (2008). For the reasons elucidated above, we hold that a violation of section 2423(a) involves purposeful and aggressive conduc......
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U.S. v. Nichols
...the Supreme Court has recently granted certiorari in a related case from the Seventh Circuit, Chambers v. U.S., ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2046, 170 L.Ed.2d 792 (2008) (No. 06-11206). According to the petition for certiorari, the question in Chambers is "whether a defendant's failure to report......
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Blanding v. United States
... ... Blanding's escape convictions were not predicate offenses under the ACCA, and that therefore the Government would not have been able to charge him under that statute. (See id. (citing United States v. Chambers, 473 F.3d 724 (7th Cir. 2007), cert. granted, 553 U.S. 1003 (2008)).) Defense counsel then went on to state:However, because of current Second Circuit law regarding escape convictions, as well as the uncertainty of whether the drug convictions would qualify, there is a risk that Mr. Blanding would ... ...
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