Preston James v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Whether it is a misapplication of the Sentencing Guidelines for a sentencing court to defer to guideline commentary that expands the definition of a controlled substance offense from the substantive 'distribution' of a controlled substance specified in the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, to other inchoate attempts and conspiracies to which the plain language of this guideline does not apply
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether it is a misapplication of the Sentencing Guidelines for a sentencing court to defer to guideline commentary that expands the definition of a controlled substance offense from the substantive “distribution” of a controlled substance specified in the career offender guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, to other inchoate attempts and conspiracies to which the plain language of this guideline does not apply. i