Supreme Court rules seriousness of drug offense determined at time of conviction

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] unanimously ruled [opinion, PDF] on Monday in McNeill v. United States [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a federal sentencing court must determine whether "an offense under State law" is a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) [18 USC § 924] by consulting the "maximum term of imprisonment" applicable to a defendant’s prior state drug offense at the time of the defendant’s conviction for that offense….