United States v. Gary Benjamin Williams

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Gary Williams pleaded guilty to bank robbery and was sentenced as a career offender. See U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 (Jan.1988). We affirm.

The government bears the burden of proving facts that support a sentence enhancement and the defendant bears the burden of proving facts that support a sentence reduction. See United States v. Rodríguez, 896 F.2d 1031, 1032 (6th Cir.1990). We agree with Williams that the government had the burden of proving the factual prerequisites for a career offender enhancement. We disagree, however, with Williams’s contention that the district court imposed…