United States v. Dondi Holland,appellant

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Dondi Holland pleaded guilty to a federal indictment charging him with two counts of possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. At sentencing, the district court 1 determined that Holland, although then only age 22, was already a “career offender” under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, because he had two prior Missouri adult convictions for controlled substance offenses involving drug trafficking. The district court established that the appellant’s sentencing range as a career offender was 188 to 235 months and, after granting the…