Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramon Gonzalez-Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 1990No. 89-8093PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, the government contends that the district court misapplied the Sentencing Guidelines. Ramon Gonzalez-Lopez (Gonzalez), was convicted on various drug charges. At sentencing, the government sought to classify Gonzalez as a career offender pursuant to Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1 (“Guidelines”) in part because he had several prior felony convictions. The district court concluded that Gonzalez was not a career offender because it determined that none of his prior convictions qualified as crimes of violence within the meaning of section 4B1.2. Alternatively, the…
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