No. 18-9796
Anthony Bernard Jimerson v. United States
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2020-02-28
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance offense" as defined in U.S.S8.G. § 4B1.2(b) if, according to the Florida legislature, the state need not prove that the defendant "knew the illicit nature of the substance" he sold?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a 'controlled substance offense' as defined in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) if, according to the Florida legislature, the state need not prove that the defendant 'knew the illicit nature of the substance' he sold?
Docket Entries
2020-03-02
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.
2019-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-19
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2019-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 25, 2019)
2019-04-17
Application (18A1058) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until June 23, 2019.
2019-04-11
Application (18A1058) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 24, 2019 to June 23, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Anthony Jimerson
Peter Vincent Birch — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent