FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Benton Burt was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(h)(1), receipt of a firearm by a convicted felon. The government appeals the district court's refusal to sentence the defendant as a dangerous special offender ("DSO"). The issue before us is whether the district court, for purposes of the DSO statute, properly disregarded a prior conviction obtained by a procedure later found unconstitutional, but held not retroactive....
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