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RO TH , C i r cui tJ udge: D a rre ll E . W a rre n p led g u iltyto v io latin g 2 1 U .S .C . § 8 4 6 (c o n sp ira c yto d istrib u te and pos s es s i on w i t h i nt entt o di s t r i but e coc ai ne hy dr ochl or i de and 50 gr ams and more of coca i ne bas e) . W arr en r ece i ved a 168- m ont h pr i s on s ent ence , a $1, 500 fi ne, a $100 sp e c ial a ss e ss m e n t, an d a f iv e -y e a r p e rio d o f

su p e rv ise d re lea se . H e tim e lya p p e a led to t hi s C our t , and w hi l e the appe al w as pendi ng, he fi l ed a pe t i t i on forr es ent enci ng under18 U . S. C . § 3582( c) ( 2) w i t h t he D i s t r i ctC our t . T he D i s t r i ctC our ts t ay ed the mot i on pendi ng th is a p p e a l. W e w ill a f f irm th e ju d g m e n t o f

c o n v ictio n , an d w e w ill re m a n d th is c a se to t he D i s t r i ctC our tt o cons i dert he mer i t s of hi s § 3582( c) ( 2) m ot i on. In th e a p p e a l o f

h is c o n v ictio n , W a rre n su g g e sts th a t h is p lea w a s n o t en ter e d in to k n o w in g ly , inte lli g e n tly , an d v o lu n tar ilyb e c a u se h e th o u g h t h e w a s p lea d in g g u iltyto C o u n t I II o f

th e o ri g in a l in d ic tm e n t r a th e r t h a n C o u n t I V o f th e s u p e rs e d in g in d ic tm e n t. T h is c laim is u n ten a b le. It is c lea r f ro m th e tra n sc rip t o f

th e se n ten c in g h e a rin g th a t h is pl ea w as ent er ed i n acc or dance w i t h t he appl i cabl e cons t i tut i onal r equi r ement s of B o y k in v . A l a b a ma , 395 U . S. 238 ( 1969) , and the r equi r ement s of Feder al R ul e of Cri m i nal P ro c e d u re 1 1 (b ). I ns ofaras W arr en cl ai m s t hathi s appoi nt ed couns el coer ced hi m i nt o acc ept i ng t he pl ea a nd t hathe w as nevers how n t he s uper s edi ng i ndi ctm ent , t hi s cl ai m i s not appr opr i at el yi ncl uded i n t hi s appea l . T o t he ext entt hatW arr en maybe al l egi ng3

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c o u n se l, th a t cla im sh o u ld b e m a d e in a p e tit io n f o r p o stc o n v ic tio n re lie f. In c o n n ec ti o n w ith h is sen tenc ing , W arren co n tend s h is cri m inal h ist o ryp o ints w ere cal cul at ed i ncorr ect l yi n t he pr e- s ent enci ng r epor t . H e as s er t s he w as as s i gned thr ee cr i m i nal hi s t or ypoi nt s eac h fort w o pr i orconvi ct i ons t hatr es ul t ed i n s ent ence s t hatdi d not e x c e e d o n e y e a r a n d o n e m o n th o f im p ri s o n m e n t. See U . S. S. G . § 4A 1. 1( a) . A l t hough W arr en i s corr ectt hatt he tw o pr i ors ent ence s i ni t i al l ydi d notexce ed one y earand one m ont h of i m pr i s onm ent , t heyul t i m at el yexce eded one y earand one mont h of i m pr i s onm entbeca us e U . S. S. G . § 4A 1. 2( k) di r ect s t he or i gi nal t erm of i m pr i s onm entt o be a d d e d to a n yter m o f

im p riso n m e n t im p o se d u p o n re v o c a tio n o f p ro b a tio n o r p a ro le, b o th of w hi ch occ ur r ed. A s s uch, t he s ent ence s w er e gr eat ert han one y earand one mont h. Fi nal l y , W arr en cl ai m s he i s ent i t l ed t o r es ent enci ng under§ 3582( c) ( 2) beca us e of t he cha nge i n t he Sent enci ng G ui del i nes t o corr ectt he pr evi ous di s par i t ybetw een c r ack a n d c o c a in e se n ten c in g . T h is c laim d o e s h a v e m e rit, a s th e g o v e rn m e n t re c o g n ize s in its b ri e f. A ccor di ngl y , w e w i l l aff i r m W arr en’ s j udgm entof convi ct i on and w e w i l l r emand this case to the D istri ct C o u rtfo r co n side rati o n o f h is m o ti o n fo r resen tenc ing u n d er § 3 5 8 2 (c)(2).