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Parties Involved:
Matthew Andrew Key
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-3062

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United States of America, *

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Plaintiff - Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Missouri.

Matthew Andrew Key, * 

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Defendant - Appellant. *

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 Submitted: February 15, 2006

 Filed: March 31, 2006

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Before RILEY, HEANEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Matthew Andrew Key pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute

cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He received a sentence of 262

months and brought a timely appeal of his sentence. Following oral argument, Key

filed a motion for remand, alleging that the trial court committed plain error when it

found him to be a career offender for purposes of United States Sentencing

Guidelines § 4B1.1. In response, the government conceded that one of the

convictions used to qualify Key as a career offender, his 1997 Missouri conviction

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for Trafficking Drugs, Second Degree, does not satisfy the requirements of U.S.S.G.

§ 4B1.2(b). Therefore, Key does not have “at least two prior felony convictions of

either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense,” and Key does not

qualify as a career offender for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1.

Accordingly, we vacate Key’s sentence and remand for resentencing. 

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