United States v. James Larry Johnson

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• holding that federal sentencing court is not bound by subsequent state action changing state crime from felony to misdemeanor
• holding that disagreement with counsel concerning trial strategy and tactics does not constitute a breakdown in communications sufficient to warrant new counsel
• explaining that relevant question is “whether the extent of the breakdown prevents the ability to conduct an adequate defense”
• emphasizing that the career offender enhancement is based on “prior felony conviction[s],” with the date of conviction being determined by “the date the guilt of the defendant is established”
• stating that the two defendants met the night before to plan the robbery, and that the cooperating defendant only knew his co-conspirator by nickname, and was able to provide a general physical description
• explaining that \the determinative issue\ for deciding the constitu- tionality of an (otherwise lawful) delayed search is \whether the time and distance between elimination of the danger and performance of the search is unreasonable\

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