James Moriarty v. State Public Defender

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the modified categorical approach to determine whether conspiracy to commit murder for hire in vi- olation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) is a crime of violence under § 924(c)
• requiring evidentiary hearing to clarify “murky” evidence regarding counsel’s strategic considerations
• “While these mens rea elements are not explicitly tied to the resulting-in-death element, in any realistic case, they must nonetheless carry forward to the resulting-in-death element.”
• conspiracy to commit murder for hire where death results in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) is a crime of violence under § 924(c)’s force clause
• “In this circuit it is established that one panel cannot overrule another.” (citation modified)
• “. . . a conviction under § 2119 is categorically a conviction for a crime of violence . . . Runyon’s carjacking offense qualifies as a crime of violence that can support a conviction under § 924(c)(1)”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).