United States v. Howard

OPINION OF THE COURT

CONNER, District Judge.

Yusuf Howard was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), one count of carrying a firearm during or in relation to a drug trafficking offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(e)(1). After this Court vacated the sentence imposed by the District Court and remanded for Booker re-sentencing,1 he was re-sentenced to 240 months. Howard now challenges that…