Ruling by
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.Lower Court
3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
For purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act, a state drug conviction counts as a "predicate" if it involved a drug on the federal schedules at the time of that conviction, even if the schedules later change.
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