Legal Opinion
United States v. Huggins
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 20, 2006No. 05-4054PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Ulyessie Huggins, appeals from an order of the District Court sentencing him to a mandatory minimum term of 120 months imprisonment pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B). Because we agree with Huggins that the District Court improperly enhanced his sentence under § 841(b)(1)(B) by considering a juvenile adjudication of delinquency under Pennsylvania law to be a “prior conviction,” we will vacate the judgment of sentence and remand this matter to the District Court for re-sentencing.
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Huggins was arrested on June 29, 2004 after selling two…
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