No. 22-7755

Jerome Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-06-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance federal-sentencing-guidelines mcneill-precedent mcneill-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines state-drug-laws
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does McNeill require courts to define "controlled substance" under §§ 4B1.1 and 4B1.2 of the federal sentencing guidelines by consulting superseded state schedules that had been in effect at the time of a prior state conviction?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does McNeill require courts to define 'controlled substance' under §§ 4B1.1 and 4B1.2 of the federal sentencing guidelines by consulting superseded state schedules that had been in effect at the time of a prior state conviction?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-21
Reply of petitioner Jerome Williams filed.
2023-08-11
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2023-07-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 11, 2023.
2023-07-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 12, 2023 to August 11, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-06-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 12, 2023)

Attorneys

Jerome Williams
Tyler Keith MorganOffice of the Federal Defender, E.D. Missouri, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent