Legal Opinion
United States v. Freddie Lee Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1994No. 92-2112PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether a district court may consider a constitutionally valid but uncounseled prior misdemeanor conviction when it determines a defendant’s sentence for a subsequent conviction under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We hold that a district court may do so consistent with the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
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Freddie Lee Thomas was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The one-count indictment charged that Thomas knowingly possessed a firearm which had been transported in…
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- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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