{"id":1959,"date":"2017-06-04T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T00:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2019-11-20T16:44:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T21:44:43","slug":"dimaya-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/dimaya-supreme-court","title":{"rendered":"Dimaya, Oh Dimaya … Where Art Thou?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\tIf you are a federal sentencing<\/a> fan like me, then you are also likely waiting for the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya<\/a>, <\/em>No. 15-1498 (yes, it\u2019s now Sessions since AG Lynch is no longer there). At issue in Dimaya is whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b) is unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s 2015\u00a0Johnson<\/em> decision. Johnson<\/em> declared the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act<\/a> unconstitutionally vague. Section 16 of title 18 provides a generic definition for the term \u201ccrime of violence.\u201d Where other provisions of the code do not define \u201ccrime of violence,\u201d section 16 controls.
\nThese two parts of section 16:\n

(a) an offense that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or<\/p>\n

(b) any other offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Section 16(a) is known as the \u201cforce clause.\u201d That provision is not at issue in Dimaya<\/em>. If something qualifies as a \u201ccrime of violence\u201d under the force clause, courts generally will not reach whether 16(b) also applies. Section 16(b) is known as the \u201cresidual clause.\u201d It is very similar to the \u201cresidual clause\u201d that was declared unconstitutional in Johnson<\/em>. Dimaya<\/em> is not a criminal case. Rather, it is an immigration case. It is unclear whether this is going to matter to the Supreme Court\u2019s analysis of the issue. There was a discussion of this during oral argument back in January 2017. When will Dimaya<\/em> be decided? Most likely by the end of the Court\u2019s term, which is late this month. We could see a decision this week. I will be checking each day for a decision in Dimaya<\/em> and post as soon as it is out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are a federal sentencing fan like me, then you are also likely waiting for the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498 (yes, it\u2019s now Sessions since AG Lynch is no longer there). At issue in Dimaya is whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b) is unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s 2015\u00a0Johnson…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDimaya | Federal Sentencing | Sessions v Dimaya |Sentencing.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in Sessions v. Dimaya soon. 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