Where a defendant challenged his sentence in a drug case, arguing that he should not have been sentenced as a career offender, the judgment is affirmed because the record showed qualifying predicate offenses, and any error was harmless as the ...

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Defendant moved to vacate his sentence, challenging application of the Armed Career Criminal Act. Defendant argued that his prior Missouri conviction for robbery did not qualify as a predicate offense after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Johnson v. U.S., 135 ...

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of: P.L. (MLW No. 72026/Case No. ED105930 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Robert G. Dowd Jr., J.)

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U.S. v. Sorensen (MLW No. 71777/Case No. 17-1984 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)

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U.S. v. Byas (MLW No. 71072/Case No. 16-3616 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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U.S. v. Long (MLW No. 70957/Case No. 16-3397 – 13 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

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State v. Johnson (MLW No. 70489/Case No. WD79320 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, J.)

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U.S. v. Harlan (MLW No. 68805/Case No. 15-1552 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

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U.S. v. Alexander (MLW No. 68648/Case No. 15-1210 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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U.S. v. Thornton (MLW No. 66938/Case No. 13-3302 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

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U.S. v. Stokes (MLW No. 66338/Case No. 13-1779 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

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