Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Covington
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 18, 2018No. 17-4120PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS, District Judge:
The government appeals the district court’s determination that the West Virginia criminal offense of unlawful wounding, W. Va. Code § 61-2-9 (a), is not a crime of violence under the force clause of § 4B1.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the “Guidelines”). For the reasons stated below, we vacate the sentence imposed by the district court and remand for resen-tencing.
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Donald Covington pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). Covington’s presentence report classified him as a “career offender” under §…
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