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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. IDRIS QUINTELL WILKES

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 1, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Kenneth P. Tableman, KENNETH P. TABLEMAN, P.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Kenneth P. Tableman, KENNETH P. TABLEMAN, P.C., Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): STRANCH, MURPHY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

DAVIS, Circuit Judge. Defendant Idris Quintell Wilkes pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He received the mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), based on the district court’s determination that his four previous cocaine-related Michigan convictions met the definition of a “serious drug offense.” We affirmed the decision of the district court in part and held the appeal in abeyance in part, retaining jurisdiction to later resolve Wilkes’s remaining ACCA-enhancement challenge in light of the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Jackson v. United States, No. 22-6640 (U.S. Jan. 24, 2023), consolidated with Brown v. United States, No. 22-6389 (U.S. Aug. 29, 2022). See United States v. Wilkes, 78 F.4th 272, 278 (6th Cir. 2023). The Court has since issued its opinion in Brown v. United States, 602 U.S. 101 (2024). And applying Brown’s guidance here, we affirm the district court’s ruling.

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