Legal Opinion

United States v. Haas

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided December 11, 2008No. 1:07-mj-00026Published

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LINDA R. READE, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.1062

II. RELEVANT PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.1062

III. ISSUES.1063

IV. MULTIPLICITY.1063

A. Counts 1 and 2 are Multiplicitous.1063

1. Prince.1063

2. Kitts .1064

3. Conclusion.1064

B. Structure of Defendant’s Formal Judgment.1064

1. Alternate sentences are appropriate.1064

a. “Merger of sentences ” approach.1064

b. Rutledge.1066

c. Analysis.1068

d. Conclusion.1070

2. Choice of count.1070

V. CAREER OFFENDER.1071

A. Qualifying Age.1071

B. Qualifying Offense .1071

C. Two Qualifying Predicate Offenses .1072

1. Burglary in the Second Degree.1073

2. Burglary…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. Ball v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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