HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether a district court may consider a constitutionally valid but uncounseled prior misdemeanor conviction when it determines a defendant's sentence for a subsequent conviction under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. We hold that a district court may do so consistent with the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
I.
Freddie Lee Thomas was convicted by a jury of being a felon in possession...
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