Legal Opinion
United States v. Wayland Hinkle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2016No. 15-10067PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:
Wayland Demond Hinkle appeals his sentence, contending that the district court erred in determining that he was a career offender within the meaning of § 4Bl.l(a) of United States Sentencing Guidelines. 1 Hinkle argues that neither of his prior Texas convictions, one for burglary and the other for delivery of a controlled substance, constitutes a predicate offense under the career-offender guidelines provi sion. Our decision turns upon whether the particular Texas statutes at issue are divisible such that a court may use the modified categorical approach to…
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