Legal Opinion
United States v. Timothy Miller
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2006No. 04-5834, 04-6116PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaughtrey, J., joined by Cole, J.,
BARZILAY, J. (pp. 824-826), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
In this sentencing appeal, we are asked to determine whether a sentence of proba*822tion under Georgia’s first-offender drug sentencing scheme constitutes a “prior conviction for a felony drug offense [that] has become final,” as provided in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). The district court held that defendant Miller’s Georgia conviction triggered application of § 841(b)(1)(A), the effect of which was to double the mandatory minimum sentence for his federal conviction under § 841(a) from ten years to 20…
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