UNITED STATES v. FIELDS

No. 20-5521.

53 F.4th 1027 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timmy L. FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael J. Stengel , MICHAEL J. STENGEL, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. Andrew C. Noll , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael J. Stengel , MICHAEL J. STENGEL, PC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. Andrew C. Noll , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , Jenna E. Reed , R. Nicholas Rabold , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

WHITE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MURPHY, J., joined, and ROGERS, J., joined in part. MURPHY, J. (pp. 1054-61), delivered a separate concurring opinion in which WHITE, J., joined except as to Part II.A. ROGERS, J. (pp. 1061-63), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


AMENDED OPINION

Defendant Timmy Fields appeals his twenty-five-year mandatory-minimum sentence enhancement imposed for his having committed two prior "serious drug felon[ies]." Fields challenges the procedure used to impose his enhancement and argues as well that neither prior conviction was for a "serious...

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