Legal Opinion
United States v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 3, 2009No. 08-15909PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Anthony Harris appeals the district court’s application of the U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) career offender enhancement to his sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that his prior felony conviction under Fla. Stat. § 316.1935(3)(a) for willfully fleeing or eluding a police officer at high speed or with wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property should not qualify as a “crime of violence,” as defined by U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2. Harris claims more specifically that under the framework announced by the Supreme Court in Begay v. United, States,…
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