Court Opinion

ID: 9520800
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 01:50:18.805158+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:46:57.748525
License: Public Domain

HARTZ, J.,
Concurring.
I concur in denial of a COA. There is no merit to Hodge’s underlying claim. The state court’s stipulated order of August 22, 2012, does not affect the calculation of his guideline sentencing range because he still has two prior crimes of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2. The state-court order does not, and could not, change the fact that he was arrested on the aggravated-assault charges before he committed the escape offense, so the offenses are counted separately under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(a)(2).