No. 23-6493

Shannon Wilson v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: application-note application-note-9 criminal-law drug-quantity judicial-interpretation methamphetamine pill-form sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the plain language of Application Note 9 to sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(c) requires a sentencing court to calculate the amount of pill-form methamphetamine involved in an offense using the drug quantity per pill set out in the Table.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the plain language of Application Note 9 to sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(c) requires a sentencing court to calculate the amount of pill-form methamphetamine involved in an offense using the drug quantity per pill set out in the Table

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-01-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Shannon Wilson
Philip J. LynchLaw Offices of Phil Lynch, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent