Supreme Court Agrees to Hear First Step Act Drug Sentencing Appeal

A woman works on her laptop outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 22, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a convicted methamphetamine distributor who argues that he was improperly denied relief under the Trump-era First Step Act.

The court granted the petition in an unsigned order on Feb. 27. No justices dissented from the order.