Read US v. Hood, 09-5027

In a prosecution of defendant for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, district court's imposition of an enhanced sentence of 140 months' imprisonment in finding defendant to be a career criminal is affirmed as the possession of a sawed-off shotgun offense constitutes a "crime of violence" for purposes of section 4B1.1(a)(2).

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/29/2010
• Decided 12/29/2010
• Published 12/29/2010

Judges

• MOTZ

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William C. Ingram, Jr., Paul Alexander Weinman