Whiteside v. United States, No. 13-7152 (4th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CasePetitioner appealed the district court's dismissal of his motion to vacate his sentence. The court concluded that petitioner could use a 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion to challenge a sentence that was based on the career offender enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines when subsequent case law revealed the enhancement to be inapplicable to him. The court held that equitable tolling applied to petitioner's claim and the erroneous application of the career offender enhancement amounted to a fundamental miscarriage of justice that can be corrected on collateral review. Accordingly, the court granted a certificate of appealability, vacated petitioner's sentence, and remanded for resentencing.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on July 11, 2014.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on December 19, 2014.
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