Legal Opinion
United States v. Tierney M. Hoults
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 15, 2001No. 00-3257PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The consequences of being deemed a career offender for purposes of section 4B1.1 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are grave: the defendant automatically is assigned a criminal history category of VI, and the offense level is typically increased. This case concerns the requirement for career offender’ status of “at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.” U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. Tierney Hoults claims that the district court should not have characterized one of his prior felony convictions as a “crime of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Anthony FioreCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Richard Eugene SmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Barry Lawrence SpellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by26 opinions
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