Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas Greg Cornelius
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1992No. 91-3351PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Douglas Greg Cornelius appeals his thirty-year sentence imposed pursuant to the enhancement provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (armed career criminal) and the United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 (career offender). The district court imposed the thirty-year sentence on remand, believing that it was foreclosed from addressing any issue other than the proper sentence term. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for resentenc-ing.
Cornelius was tried and convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm on April 5, 1990. The government argued that Cornelius’…
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