Legal Opinion

United States v. Gay Sanford Washington

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided April 15, 2005No. 03-4867PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN concurred. Judge LUTTIG wrote a dissenting opinion.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Gay Sanford Washington appeals from the sentence imposed upon him in the Southern District of West Virginia after his plea of guilty to a single offense of felonious possession of a firearm, in contravention of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Washington contends that he was sentenced erroneously when the district court determined that his prior conviction for breaking and entering constituted a “crime of violence” under…

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