United States Ninth Circuit

An Oregon drug conviction for solicitation was a felonious controlled substance offense under U.S.S.G. section 4B1.1, for purposes of a finding that defendant was a career offender.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2003
• Decided 05/20/2003
• Published 05/20/2003

Judges

• Before:  BEEZER, FERNANDEZ, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Siri Shetty, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney (when brief was filed), Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney (when opinion was filed), Mi Yung Claire Park, Assistant U.S. Attorney (on the brief), Pennie M. Carlos, Assistant U.S. Attorney (at oral argument), United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.