Supreme Court of the United States
Brown v. United States
May 23, 2024602 U.S. 101
Summary
The Supreme Court held that a prior state drug conviction qualifies as an ACCA predicate if the drug was listed on the federal schedules at the time of the state conviction, affirming the lower courts' enhanced sentencing judgments.
Holding
- Whether a prior state drug conviction counts as a "serious drug offense" under ACCA when the drug was later removed from the federal schedules.. A state drug conviction counts as an ACCA predicate if it involved a drug that was on the federal schedules at the time of that conviction.
Docket 22-6389
Cited authorities
- 21 U.S.C. § 812
- Fla. Stat. §§893.03
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)
- CA11
- 18 U.S.C. §924
- 21 U.S.C. §802
- 18 U.S.C. §924
- 84 Stat. 1245