United States v. Deloyd Jones

Appellants were convicted of a series of racketeering, drug, and firearm offenses-including several offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 924 -in connection with their activities as members of a New Orleans gang. While this appeal was pending, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Davis , --- U.S. ----, 139 S. Ct. 2319 , 204 L.Ed.2d 757 (2019), which held that the residual clause of § 924(c) is unconstitutionally vague. Appellants now seek vacatur of their § 924 convictions. We VACATE the challenged convictions and REMAND.

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Appellants Deloyd Jones, Byron Jones, and Sidney Patterson were convicted of…