United States v. Bailey

ORDER

Jamar Bailey pleaded guilty to distributing heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment as a career offender, see U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. In this direct appeal, he argues that he is not a career offender because, he says, his Illinois convictions for aggravated battery are not crimes of violence for purposes of the career offender guideline. We reject this contention and affirm Bailey’s sentence.

Bailey sold 9.9 grams of heroin to an informant. The probation officer identified three prior convictions making Bailey a career offender (though only two qualifying…