United States Tenth Circuit

In the context of criminal sentencing enhancements for previous convictions, 21 U.S.C. section 851(a)(1), which requires the government to serve an information on defendant stating such previous convictions, is a claim-processing rule and not a jurisdictional rule, and thus, claims of error under the rule may be forfeited.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2006
• Published 03/23/2006

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, McKAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs.  Carroll James Flowers, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rudy E. Verner and Peter J. Krumholz of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant., Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, and Anthony W. Mattivi, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellee.