cocaine-definition
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-7147 | Idris Quintell Wilkes v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2025-05-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | armed-career-criminal-act cocaine-definition controlled-substances due-process sentencing-enhancement state-vs-federal-law | Does Michigan's broader definition of cocaine under state law preclude sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act when compared to feder… |
| 23-6454 | Darwin Dwayne Hutchins v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2024-01-10 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | career-offender cocaine-definition controlled-substance federal-vs-state-law non-violent-drug-crimes sentence-length sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines state-federal-definition | Did the district court err in counting Hutchins's Ohio cocaine conviction as a controlled substance offense for career offender under the Sentencing G… |
| 21-7157 | Richard Lucas v. United States | Second Circuit | 2022-02-18 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split cocaine cocaine-definition controlled-substances criminal-arrest criminal-procedure plain-error probable-cause statutory-interpretation | Whether a state statute's definition of 'cocaine' differs from the federal definition based on the plain, unambiguous language of the statutes |