United States v. Jones, No. 11-3830 (8th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. After entering his plea, defendant moved to withdraw the plea, arguing that his counsel had given him inadequate information about the Sentencing Guidelines. The court held that the district court properly determined that the prior sentences were "separate" for purposes of U.S.S.G. 4B1.1; defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable; and defendant failed to show that his counsel's performance was deficient and therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the request to withdraw the plea.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. No error in imposing a career offender enhancement under Guidelines 4B1.1 as the convictions defendant contended were part of a single offense were separate offenses for sentencing purposes; sentence was not substantively unreasonable; no error in denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
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