Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Morales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 13, 2000No. 2000PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires us to determine whether a defendant’s prior offense is “similar to” the minor offenses listed in section 4A1.2(c)(l) of the Sentencing Guidelines, in which event it does not af- feet his Criminal History Category nor contribute to rendering him ineligible for the so-called “safety valve” exception to mandatory minimum sentencing for certain narcotics offenses. The prior offense at issue is a New York conviction for second-degree harassment. We must consider both how the “similar to” comparison should be made and whether the particular prior…
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