Legal Opinion
United States v. Peterson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2011No. 08-4889PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After a jury convicted John Peterson on six counts of drug trafficking and firearms charges, the district court sentenced him to 420 months’ imprisonment. In making its sentencing decision, the district court found that Peterson was a career offender under U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.l(a), because he had two prior felony convictions of a crime of violence, one of which was a North Carolina conviction for involuntary manslaughter.
Peterson contends that his…
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