Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry Robertson, Also Known as "Bo,"
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2007No. 06-2158PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the purely legal issue of whether a conviction for the manufacture/distribution of a “look-alike” substance under Illinois law qualifies as a controlled substance offense for purposes of the career offender provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. The district court 1 held that it does. "We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2005, Larry Robertson pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and one count of possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute, in violation of 21…
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