United States v. Ruvalcaba

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Jaime Ruvalcaba appeals the district court’s reliance on his prior state convictions to apply the career offender enhancement in calculating his advisory Guidelines sentencing range. However, the district court properly applied the career offender enhancement and we therefore AFFIRM Ruvalcaba’s sentence at the lower end of the properly calculated Guidelines range.

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Ruvalcaba pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (2006). Under the plea agreement, Ruvalcaba accepted responsibility for…