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U.S. v. GONSALVES

Nos. 95-8071, 95-9045.

121 F.3d 1416 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick GONSALVES, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cedric STARKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Stuart Smith, Jake Waldrop, Federal Public Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, for Patrick Gonsalves, Defendant-Appellant.

Kent Alexander, U.S. Atty., Janis C. Gordon, Amy Levin Weil, Candiss L. Howard, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Jesse Waldrop, Federal Public Defender Program, Atlanta, GA, for Cedric Starks, Defendant-Appellant.

Before BLACK, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURNS, Senior District Judge.

RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:

Convicted of drug and related firearms charges on guilty pleas entered pursuant to agreement, defendants Patrick Gonsalves and Cedric Starks each raise one joint issue and one separate issue. We affirm all three.

(1) We hold that U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1 does not exceed its statutory authority by including state court convictions in addition to federal convictions as permissible predicate offenses for career offender enhancement....

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