Filed: Sep. 22, 1997
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 97-2340 _ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri. Carlos Fuentez, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * _ Submitted: September 17, 1997 Filed: September 22, 1997 _ Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. In 1991, Carlos Fuentez was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess cocaine and distributing cocaine, in violation
Summary: United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _ No. 97-2340 _ United States of America, * * Appellee, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * Eastern District of Missouri. Carlos Fuentez, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellant. * _ Submitted: September 17, 1997 Filed: September 22, 1997 _ Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. _ PER CURIAM. In 1991, Carlos Fuentez was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess cocaine and distributing cocaine, in violation ..
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United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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No. 97-2340
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United States of America, *
*
Appellee, *
* Appeal from the United States
v. * District Court for the
* Eastern District of Missouri.
Carlos Fuentez, * [UNPUBLISHED]
*
Appellant. *
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Submitted: September 17, 1997
Filed: September 22, 1997
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Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
In 1991, Carlos Fuentez was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess
cocaine and distributing cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846, and using
and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §
924(c); Fuentez was sentenced to a total of 295 months’ imprisonment. Upon
Fuentez’s 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, the district court1 vacated his firearm conviction
in light of Bailey v. United States,
116 S. Ct. 501, 506 (1995) (defining “use” prong of
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The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Missouri.
§ 924(c)(1)). The court then resentenced Fuentez to 295 months’ imprisonment and
five years’ supervised release, imposing a 2-level enhancement for possession of a
firearm, see U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 2D1.1(b)(1) (add 2 levels if firearm
involved).
Fuentez appeals, arguing that the district court lacked jurisdiction to resentence
him on the unchallenged drug conviction; that the “sentencing package” concept does
not apply to section 2255 proceedings; and that application of the firearm-possession
enhancement violates double jeopardy and due process. Because Fuentez’s arguments
are foreclosed by United States v. Harrison,
113 F.3d 135, 137-38 (8th Cir. 1997), the
judgment is affirmed.
A true copy.
Attest:
CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.
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