Legal Opinion
United States v. Lavern Moorer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 20, 2004No. 03-2476PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
In October 2001, Appellant Lavern Moorer was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and posses sion of a firearm. A year later, Moorer pled guilty and was sentenced to a term of 120 months in prison. Factored into this sentence was the District Court’s decision to designate Moorer a “career offender,” a designation arrived at by including Moor-er’s 1990 conviction for aggravated assault. The principal issue on appeal is whether Moorer’s 1990 conviction counts toward establishing his career offender status, even though Moorer…
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