Herbert Rozier v. United States

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

In 2001, Herbert Rozier was convicted of distributing crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). In calculating his pre-United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), sentencing guidelines range, the district court applied the United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 (Nov. 2000) career offender enhancement because Rozier had “two pri- or felony convictions of ... a crime of violence.”1 One of the two prior felony convictions that the court found was a “crime of violence” and that made Rozier a career offender was a Florida felony…