United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's Florida conviction for trafficking in cocaine by possession of between 200 and 400 grams of cocaine is a "serious drug offense" for purposes of sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA); therefore, defendant's sentence is vacated and remanded for resentencing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/17/2005
• Published 11/17/2005

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before BLACK, WILSON and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Karin B. Hoppmann, Tampa, FL, Jeffrey F. Michelland, Fort Myers, FL, for U.S., Craig L. Crawford and R. Fletcher Peacock, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Orlando, FL, Martin Derovanesian, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Fort Myers, FL, for James.