Drug convictions and federal sentencing
Asad v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Akeem Asad asked the Supreme Court to review whether state drug convictions involving substances that federal law does not ban can count as “controlled substance offenses” for career-offender sentencing under the federal guidelines.
- Who it affects
- Asad received no Supreme Court ruling on whether the state drug conviction at issue counts for repeat-offender sentencing.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that legal issue in this case.
The dispute centers on how federal sentencing rules treat state drug convictions involving substances that federal law does not ban.
Question presented
1. Is the Seventh Circuit on the wrong side of a circuit split when it construes the term “controlled substance offense” under § 4B1.2(b) of the Sentencing Guidelines to include state convictions, even when those convictions involve substances that are not outlawed by federal law? 2. To the extent that Braxton v. United States, 500 U.S. 344, 348 (1991), describes a general rule of abstention from granting certiorari to interpret the Sentencing Guidelines, should Braxton be overruled?
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