Legal Opinion
United States v. Jason Lee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2012No. 10-10403PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
We consider whether the district court erred by sentencing Jason Lee as a career offender under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 4B1.1 based on his two prior convictions under California Health and Safety Code § 11352(a). We hold that the government has not satisfied its burden of showing that one of these two convictions qualifies as a predicate offense and remand for the district court to reconsider Lee’s career offender status.
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Jason Lee was convicted of distributing crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. The district court sentenced Lee as a career…
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