Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Lee Russell, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 15, 1993No. 92-3519PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the defendant’s 20-year sentence as a career offender based on the district court’s finding that his two prior felony convictions were separate and “unrelated eases” within the meaning of § 4A1.2(a)(2) (Nov. 1991) of the federal sentencing guidelines. That section provides that prior convictions are “related,” and thus cannot be counted separately for career offender purposes, if they were consolidated for trial or sentencing.
We affirm the district court holding that although the two prior sentences which resulted from a plea agreement were…
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