Legal Opinion
United States v. Lazaro Roman
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1993No. 90-9084PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
In this case, we must decide whether U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2 gives sentencing courts the discretion to examine the constitutionality of earlier state convictions for the first time in calculating a defendant’s criminal history. The answer is “no.”
Appellant Lazaro Roman pled guilty to conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). In Roman’s presentence report (PSI), the probation officer gave Roman a criminal history score of 3, based on a 1987 Florida burglary conviction. See U.S.S.G. § 4Al.l(a). These three points increased the applicable guideline…
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