Legal Opinion
State v. Houston
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 18, 2005No. A04-324PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
On October 10, 2001, appellant Gerald E. Houston was convicted of one count of attempted first-degree controlled substance crime, Minn.Stat. §§ 152.021, subd. 2a (2000), 609.17 (2004), and one count of fifth-degree controlled substance crime, MinmStat. § 152.025, subd. 2(1) (2004), arising from his possession, in his motor vehicle, of several items necessary to manufacture methamphetamine. The district court sentenced Houston to 240 months in prison under the “career offender statute,” Minn.Stat. § 609.1095, subd. 4 (2004). This was a substantial upward…
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