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U.S. v. PEARSON

No. 90-8072 Summary Calendar.

910 F.2d 221 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Lewis PEARSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Reaves, West, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy Morgan and Philip Police, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald F. Ederer, U.S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, DAVIS, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Convicted on a guilty plea of distributing cocaine, and sentenced to 240 months imprisonment, Jerry Lewis Pearson appeals, contending that enhancement of his sentence under the career offender provisions of the Sentencing Guidelines was unlawful because he was not given notice of the possibility of enhancement prior to entry of his plea. We find no error and affirm.

Background

In exchange for dismissal of the first count...

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