Legal Opinion
United States v. Simmons
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2011No. 08-4475APublishedCited by 298 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judges KING, GREGORY, SHEDD, DAVIS, KEENAN, WYNN, and DIAZ joined. Judge DUNCAN wrote a dissenting opinion. Judge AGEE also wrote a dissenting opinion, in which Chief *239Judge TRAXLER and Judges WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DUNCAN joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
After Jason Simmons pled guilty to federal drug trafficking, the district court held that his prior state conviction for marijuana possession, for which he faced no possibility of imprisonment, was for an offense “punishable by imprisonment for…
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