OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
We allocate to a defendant the burden of proving that a prior conviction was unconstitutional when a defendant challenges the use of the prior conviction in calculating a later sentence under the federal Sentencing Guidelines. Because the burden of establishing the constitutionality of prior convictions was improperly assigned to the government in this case, we vacate the district court's sentence and remand for further proceedings...
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