No. 24-7147
Idris Quintell Wilkes v. United States
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act cocaine-definition controlled-substances due-process sentencing-enhancement state-vs-federal-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2025-06-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Michigan's broader definition of cocaine under state law preclude sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act when compared to federal law's definition?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
I. Michigan defines cocaine to include its steroisomers. Federal law defines cocaine to include its optical and geometric isomers. Does Michigan law sweep more broadly than federal law, so that Michigan cocaine convictions should not count to enhance a sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act? II. Does due process require that terms used to define controlled substances be understandable to lay people? III. Should proffer-protected information appear in Presentence Investigation Reports? i STATEMENT OF
Docket Entries
2025-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-15
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 5, 2025)
Attorneys
Idris Wilkes
Kenneth Tableman — Kenneth P. Tableman, P.C., Petitioner
United States
D. John Sauer — Solicitor General, Respondent