Supreme Court

Adams v. United States is pending a decision on a petition for a writ of certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court.

NIMJ has submitted an amicus brief, suggesting that before deciding on the petition, the Court should invite the views of the Solicitor General on an important issue affecting Adams and some cases still in the appeal pipeline.​

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​The petition is here.

CAAF's decision in United States v. Adams is here. Various findings were set aside and the case was remanded to ACCA for sentence reassessment or a rehearing.

A sentence rehearing was held, after which the case returned to ACCA>

​ACCA's decision on remand is here.

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