UNITED STATES v. DICKERSON

No. 06-2471.

514 F.3d 60 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Earl DICKERSON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aziz Safar with whom Safar Law Office was on brief for appellant.

James F. Lang, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Earl Dickerson has been sentenced to life imprisonment following his convictions for serious drug offenses involving over sixty grams of cocaine base and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because he had four prior convictions for felony drug offenses, as outlined in an information filed by the prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 851(a), the life sentence was mandatory.

The primary issue on appeal is Dickerson's unpreserved claim...

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