Detrick Devone Daye, aka Carter v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Whether the new statutory definition of 'serious drug felony' in the First Step Act applies to career offender enhancements
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED I Whether the new statutory definition of the term "serious drug felony" set forth in Section 401(a)(1) of the First Step Act of 2018, and codified in 21 U.S.C. §802(57), would also apply when deciding whether a prior drug conviciton would qualify as a predicate offense to support a career offender designation and enhancemnet of a defendant under U.S.S.G. §4B1.1; : II tihether trial and appellate:counsels rendered ineffective assistance in violation of the Defendnat's Constitutional rights when both counsels failed to argue that the defendnat's two prior state controlled substance offenses did not qualify as predicate offenses to support a career offender designation and enhacement of the defendnat under that section of the Guidleines. -j