Legal Opinion
United States v. Lewellis Coleman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 1994No. 94-1428PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Lewellis Coleman (“Defendant”) argues that he was wrongly sentenced as a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines following a guilty plea to residential burglary on federal land. He contends that the burglary was not a crime of violence and that he did not have two prior felony convictions, as required by the Guidelines. The defendant further argues that his sentence violates his Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights under the United States Constitution. We find that the district court properly sentenced Coleman as a career offender and thus affirm.
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