United States v. Webb, Dennis L.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

This case presents questions arising from the Supreme Court’s opinion in Ap-prendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), including the impact of Apprendi on the interpretation of the career offender provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1. Dennis Webb appeals from his conviction on three counts of distributing and one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Webb contends that because a judge, rather than…