United States v. Joe Harden
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This appeal challenges conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute cocaine base or crack. It further presents the opportunity for us to decide the first-impression issue in our circuit of whether prior state felony drug convictions that were not prosecuted by indictment are properly the basis for statutory enhancement. We AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
On August 25, 1990, defendant-appellant, Joe Harden, led detectives from the Broward County Sheriffs Organized Crime Division on a chase by vehicle and on foot following his refusal to produce his driver’s license…
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