Jones v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on March 20, 2017.
Issue
(1) Whether Johnson v. United States announced a new substantive rule of constitutional law that applies retroactively on collateral review to challenges of sentences imposed under the residual clause in United States Sentencing Guidelines career offender provision, U.S.S.G. " 4B1.2(a)(2); (2) whether Johnson's constitutional holding applies to U.S.S.G. " 4B1.2(a)(2)'s identical residual clause thus rendering that provision void; and (3) whether Petitioner's Pennsylvania conviction for robbery by force however slight is a "crime of violence" because it is listed in the commentary to U.S.S.G. " 4B1.2, even though it does not interpret and conflicts with the text of the guideline, after Johnson.
Recommended Citation: Jones v. United States, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/jones-v-united-states-3/