Opinion ID: 700072
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: False information in presentencing report

Text: 12 Blackwell states, without elaboration, that his criminal history category was erroneously increased because some convictions were treated as felonies when they were in fact misdemeanors. He also contends that the district court improperly applied the sentencing enhancing provisions of 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 924(e)(1) (West Supp.1995) and United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual, Sec. 4B1.4 (Nov.1993). Section 924(e)(1) provides a minimum sentence of fifteen years for a person who has violated 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 922(g) and has three prior convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses which were committed on different occasions. 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 924(e)(1). The indictment lists Blackwell's convictions of crimes punishable by more than one year of imprisonment, including four counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, four counts of sell and deliver cocaine, four counts of possession of cocaine, and two counts of conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine. 2 These crimes are felonies. See N.C. Gen.Stat. Sec. 90-95(a), (d) (1993). Also, during cross-examination, Blackwell admitted that he could not dispute that he had at least four prior felony convictions. On the record before us, we find no plain error in the enhancement of Blackwell's sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 924(e)(1). See Olano, 61 U.S.L.W. at 4424.