United States v. Timothy Chatmon

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we interpret the term “prior felony convictions” as used for career-offender purposes in Chapter 4 of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Guidelines Manual. Timothy Chatmon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1). The district court sentenced Chatmon as a career offender, under § 4B1.1 of the Guidelines Manual, to 188 months of imprisonment. Chatmon argues that: 1) his past convictions do not qualify him as a career offender; and 2) his sentence was substantively unreasonable. Because the district…