Legal Opinion
United States v. Darrell Ray Metcalf
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1990No. 89-1307PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Darrell Ray Metcalf contests the district court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines. We hold that the district court correctly determined that two prior convictions are not “related” offenses and should be separately counted in the criminal history score. We also conclude that the district court did not err in concluding that “ ‘crack’ cocaine” is a “cocaine base” for purposes of calculating the offense level.
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On November 9, 1988, Darrell Ray Met-calf (Metcalf) was indicted and charged with distributing “ ‘crack’ cocaine” in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).…
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3Cited by46 opinions
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