Legal Opinion
Shular v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 2020No. 18-6662PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
*782The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), mandates a 15-year minimum sentence of imprisonment for certain defendants with prior convictions for a "serious drug offense." A state offense ranks as a "serious drug offense" only if it "involv[es] manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture or distribute, a controlled substance." § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii). This case concerns the methodology courts use to apply that definition.
While the parties agree that a court should look to the state offense's elements, they disagree over what the court should measure those…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Stokeling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
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