No. 24-7147

Idris Quintell Wilkes v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act cocaine-definition controlled-substances due-process sentencing-enhancement state-vs-federal-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-06-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Michigan defines cocaine to include its steroisomers.
Federal law defines cocaine to include its optical and
geometric isomers. Does Michigan law sweep more broadly
than federal law, so that Michigan cocaine convictions
should not count to enhance a sentence under the Armed
Career Criminal Act?

II. Does due process require that terms used to define
controlled substances be understandable to lay people?

III. Should proffer-protected information appear in Presentence
Investigation Reports?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Michigan's broader definition of cocaine under state law preclude sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act when compared to federal law's definition?

Docket Entries

2025-06-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-15
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 5, 2025)

Attorneys

Idris Wilkes
Kenneth TablemanKenneth P. Tableman, P.C., Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent