United States v. Richard Joseph Bauer

On December 18, 1991, Richard Joseph Bauer was charged in a one count indictment with distribution of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). On May 8, 1992, following the entry of Bauer's guilty plea, the district court 1 found Bauer to be a career offender under the United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.1, based on a prior conviction for delivery of LSD and a prior conviction for statutory rape. Bauer was sentenced to 210 months incarceration, followed by a six year term of supervised release. Bauer now appeals the finding that he was a career offender, contending that the crime of statutory…