Butcher v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “a sentencing court must look to the version of Section 4201(c) in effect upon commission of the Section 1448 offense for which a defendant is being sentenced”
• holding “that the definition of ‘violent felony’ as the term is used in Section 1448(e) is controlled by the version of Section 4201(c) in effect” at the time the defendant committed the Section 1448 offense
• “Section 4201(c) designates a Section 1448 conviction as a violent felony only if the defendant is subject to sentencing under Section 1448(e).”
• “[T]he definition of ‘violent felony’ as that term is used in Section 1448(e) is controlled by the version of Section 4201(c) in effect at the time [an offender] committed [PFBPP].”
• “Based upon the unambiguous language of Sections 1448(e) and 4201(c), we conclude that the definition of ‘violent felony’ as that term is used in Section 1448(e) is controlled by the version of Section 4201(c) in effect at the time Butcher committed Person Prohibited.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Miles v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-09-07
• Xenidis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-03-17
• Gatewood v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2020-07-09
• Downs v. State of Delaware
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-09-07
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-09-08
• State v. Anderson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-12-06
• State v. Owens
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-12-21
• State v. Adkins
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-01-04
• Adkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2022-04-28
• State v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-06-21
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-01-23
• State v. Lindsey
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-03-16
• Barksdale v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-04-03
• Miles v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-07-14
• Teel v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-09-05
• State v. Moore
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-01-22
• Rembert v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-07-01
• Rosa v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-11-14

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-26· cited 5,137×
• Dorsey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 1,010×
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 916×
• Warden v. Marrero
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-19· cited 290×
• In Re the Adoption of Swanson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-04-27· cited 72×
• Zimmerman v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-07-29· cited 40×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-02-23· cited 26×
• Snyder v. Andrews
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-03-24· cited 25×
• United States v. Smith
  Eighth Circuit· 2011-01-31· cited 24×
• O'DONALD v. McConnell
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-08-19· cited 23×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-08-04· cited 8×
• French v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-02-28· cited 4×
• Watson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-11-28· cited 3×