Legal Opinion
United States v. Lee
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 14, 2010No. 08-4427PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
Joseph R. Lee was convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and was sentenced as a career offender to 120 months’ imprisonment. He appeals both the conviction and his sentence. For the following reasons, we will affirm Lee’s conviction but vacate his sentence and remand for re-sentencing.
I. Background
A. The Stop
On June 27, 2005, Lieutenant Kevin Kraus of the City of Pittsburgh Police Department traveled to the 2400 block of…
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