Legal Opinion

United States v. Covington

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 6, 2014No. 12-2438PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ROGERS and STRANCH, JJ., joined. STRANCH, J. (pg. 767), delivered a separate concurrence.

OPINION

BERNICE B. DONALD, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, George Coving-ton, III, appeals the district court’s designation of his prior conviction for prison escape under Michigan Compiled Laws section 750.193 as a “crime of violence” for purposes of a career offender sentence enhancement under § 4B1.1 of. the United States Sentencing Guidelines. Because an offense of breaking and escaping prison under section 750.193 does not present the same…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Descamps v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Mark Hill v. Bart MastersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
  2. United States v. Darnell MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
  3. Larry Cradler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Kevin DavisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
  5. Carlos Rendon v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015

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