Legal Opinion
United States v. Willie Yates
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 9, 2017No. 16-3997PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Willie Yates appeals from the district court’s sentencing decision in connection with his convictions for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute the drug. The court found Yates to be a career offender under United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G.) § 4Bl.l(a) based on his prior Ohio convictions for robbery and drug trafficking. Yates contends, however, that he was improperly classified as a career offender, arguing that his Ohio robbery conviction does not qualify as a “crime of…
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