United States v. Debra Alessandroni

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• holding that the district court properly used the against a defendant who fails a drug test. defendant’s prior conviction as the predicate felony under § 922(g)(1
• holding it is not the conduct of committing a prior felony that is an element of being a felon in possession of a firearm, rather it is the status of being a convicted felon
• upholding, against a similar challenge premised on 4A1.2(a)(1), the district court's consideration of a prior burglary conviction in calculating both the base offense level and the CHC applicable to a pending felon-in-possession count
• reviewing for plain error a defendant’s claim that the district court had erroneously applied the Guidelines’ criminal-history provisions and noting that “the imposition of a sentence based on an erroneous interpretation of the law constitutes plain error” (citation omitted)
• reviewing for plain error a defendant’s claim that the district court had erroneously applied the Guidelines’ criminal-history provisions and noting that “the imposition of a sentence based on an erroneous interpretation of the law constitutes plain error” (citation omitted)

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