Legal Opinion
United States v. Parks
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2010No. 09-2791PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Jose Parks pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court1 sentenced him as a career offender to 151 months in prison, the bottom of the career offender advisory guidelines range. If Parks is not a career offender, the range would be 41 to 51 months. Parks appealed, arguing that his prior Missouri conviction for escape from confinement was not a crime of violence. We affirmed, applying our prior rulings that all escape offenses are, categorically, crimes of violence. United States v. Parks, 249…
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