TACHA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Howard Eugene Hughes appeals the district court's imposition of sentence pursuant to the career offender provision of the Sentencing Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. section 994(h) (as implemented by section 4B1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines), on the ground that his sentence violates the eighth amendment to the Constitution, U.S. Const. amend. VIII. We affirm.
On November 22, 1988 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hughes hijacked...
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