James Keith Russey v. United States
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Whether the categorical approach requires courts to define Sentencing Guidelines terms like 'controlled substance' uniformly
Question Presented Whether the categorical approach requires courts to define Sentencing Guidelines terms like “controlled substance” uniformly, as three circuits have held, or whether the meaning of such a term may vary from case to case depending on how the relevant state or federal jurisdiction defines it, as the Tenth Circuit held below, and as three other circuits have also held. (This question is already pending before this Court in Jones v. United States, Case No. 22-5342, and Mr. Russey and Mr. Ritchie request that the Court hold this petition pending the disposition in Jones.) ii