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Parties Involved:
Antwoine Garrett
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

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File Name: 19a0298n.06

Case No. 18-3816

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

ANTWOINE GARRETT,

Defendant-Appellant.

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ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED 

STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 

THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF 

OHIO

BEFORE: MERRITT, THAPAR, and READLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM. Antwoine Garrett pled guilty to attempted possession of a controlled 

substance with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Relying on our precedent in United 

States v. Evans, the district court found that Garrett had at least two prior felony convictions for 

either crimes of violence or controlled substance offenses, meaning he qualified for a career 

offender sentencing enhancement. 699 F.3d 858, 867–68 (6th Cir. 2012); see also U.S. Sentencing 

Guidelines Manual § 4B1.1 (U.S. Sentencing Comm’n 2016). But one of Garrett’s prior 

convictions may have been for an attempted controlled substance offense. And while Garrett’s 

appeal was pending, the en banc court determined that attempt crimes no longer qualify as 

controlled substance offenses for purposes of the career offender enhancement. United States v. 

Havis, No. 17-5772, 2019 WL 2376070, at *1, *3–4 (6th Cir. June 6, 2019) (en banc). Thus, we 

VACATE and REMAND for the district court to consider in the first instance whether Garrett 

qualifies for the career offender enhancement in light of Havis.

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