Read US v. Dean, 08-4439

District court's imposition of a career offender sentence enhancement upon a defendant for his drug possession conviction is affirmed as the district court was justified in its finding that defendant's prior drug felony offenses were separated by an intervening arrest and thus that defendant qualified for a career offender enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/25/2010
• Decided 05/05/2010
• Published 05/05/2010

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and Joseph R. GOODWIN, ChiefUnited States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Ross Hall Richardson, Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Adam Christopher Morris, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:Claire J. Rauscher, Exec utive Director, Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.