Legal Opinion

United States v. Roy Green

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 6, 2018No. 17-2906PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

Roy Allen Green appeals the District Court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging his sentence arising from his conviction for assault with intent to commit murder. In setting Green's sentence, the District Court determined that he was a career offender under the residual clause of the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines. Green contends that the residual clause in the career offender Sentencing Guideline is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), in which the Supreme…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  3. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Beckles v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  5. Dodd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  4. United States v. Bobbie London, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. HammondCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018

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