Wilmore v. United States
In brief
The Supreme Court refused to hear Wilmore’s case and did not decide how the law treats his state drug convictions.
- Where it stands
- Decided
Decided · May 26, 2020
- What it’s about
- The Court held that the Armed Career Criminal Act does not require a court to compare a state drug crime with the elements of a generic federal drug offense before treating it as a “serious drug offense.”
- Who it affects
- The order resolved only Wilmore’s request for review; it did not decide whether his state convictions counted as serious drug offenses.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The United States prevailed, and the defendant’s qualifying state drug convictions could be used to increase the federal sentence.
The case concerned a federal sentencing law that can increase a sentence for a person with qualifying convictions and how state drug convictions are evaluated under that law.
Question presented
Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), requires a categorical match between the state offense and a generic federal offense?
What the Court decided
Holding
Petition DENIED.
What's next
The Supreme Court has finished its action on this case. The record shows no further Supreme Court decision on the legal question.
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