serious-drug-offenses

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5386 Michael Kenneth Young v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal criminal-classification district-court drug-offense fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-appeal prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offenses Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal err in reversing the decision of the District Court which had determined that Petitioner Michael Young was not …
20-6451 Genesis Javon White v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act criminal-classification factual-finding occasions-different prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses Whether the district court erred in classifying Mr. Griffin as an armed career criminal
19-7562 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach drug-offenses fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-categorical-approach mathis-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Does the Fourth Circuit's non-traditional definition of the categorical approach permit an overbroad definition of 'serious drug offenses' for career …
18-8380 Woodrow Pressey, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Relisted (4)IFP 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-enhancement criminal-history drug-conviction drug-offenses florida-statute florida-statute-893.13 predicate-offense prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses Whether prior convictions under Fla. Stat. §893.13 qualify as 'serious drug offenses' for purposes of the ACCA, §924(e)(2)(A)(ii)