United States v. Haight, No. 16-3123 (D.C. Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseProctor, a cocaine user and informant, told the Metropolitan Police Department that a"Boo" was selling crack cocaine in Lincoln Heights. The cell-phone number Proctor provided belonged to Haight. Shown a photograph Proctor said, “That’s Boo.” After Proctor made three controlled purchases of cocaine, officers executed a warrant at the apartment where Boo sold the cocaine. Officer Clifford, outside the building, saw two men jump from a window and run; he later testified that he was “90 percent” sure that one was Haight. Ferguson, who lived in the apartment, eventually testified that Haight used his apartment to process and sell crack cocaine. Officers searched Ferguson’s apartment and found drugs, a loaded handgun, cash, and a cell phone with a picture of Haight on its home screen. A bedroom window screen had been pushed out. Weeks later, the police arrested Haight. While staking out Haight’s apartment building, officers searched a backpack carried by Haight’s girlfriend as she left the building. It contained several pounds of marijuana, Haight’s employment documents, and writings that expressed Haight’s desire to deal drugs. After securing a warrant, the police searched Haight’s apartment and found another gun. Convicted on six counts,Haight was sentenced to 150 months in prison. The D.C. Circuit affirmed Haight’s conviction, upholding the district court’s refusal to postpone his trial and evidentiary rulings, but remanded an ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Vacating his sentence, the court found that Haight was subject to a 15-year mandatory-minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act because of three prior convictions for violent felonies and serious drug offenses.
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