Legal Opinion
Candelaria v. United States
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 5, 2003No. C.A. 02-327LPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LAGUEUX, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner filed the present 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion seeking vacation of his sentence and re-sentencing under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. In February 2000, petitioner was sentenced in C.R. No. 98-75L in this Court on two counts of distribution of crack cocaine. As a result of two prior state convictions, one in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island, petitioner received an enhanced sentence pursuant to the Career Offender provision of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4B1.1 (2002). In November 2001, however, the…
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