Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States
HabeasCorpus
Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a 'prior conviction for a felony drug offense,' increasing defendant's mandatory minimum sentence from 10 years to 20 years, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 841(b)(1)(B), where the State Superior Court of California re-designated defendant's State marijuana felony to a misdemeanor?
Question Presented Did defendant’s State of California marijuana conviction constitute a “prior conviction for a felony drug offense,” increasing defendant’s mandatory minimum sentence from 10 years to 20 years, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Section 841(b)(1)(B), where the State Superior Court of California re-designated defendant’s State marijuana felony to a misdemeanor? i