Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas Greg Cornelius, United States of America v. Douglas Greg Cornelius
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1991No. 90-2187SI, 90-2373SIPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Douglas Greg Cornelius appeals the district court’s enhancement of his sentence for being a career offender under § 4B1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines. United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual (Nov. 1990). After a jury convicted Cornelius of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the district court sentenced him to 120 months’ imprisonment, determining that his conviction was for a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. The government cross-appeals the district court’s determination that Cornelius was not an armed…
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