Opinion ID: 55822
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Heading: Taylor Analysis Requires Us to Compare the Elements of the Offenses

Text: In Garza-Lopez, we said a district court looks to the elements of a prior offense, rather than to the facts underlying the conviction, when classifying a prior offense for sentence enhancement purposes. 410 F.3d at 273 (citing Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 602, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990)). Texas case-law holds possession with an intent to deliver comprises two separate elements: possession and an intent to deliver. [6] Federal case-law holds possession with an intent to distribute comprises two separate elements: possession and an intent to distribute. [7] Therefore, under Taylor, we should compare the offense elements: possession with possession and intent to distribute with intent to deliver.