United States v. Joshua Pearson

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• holding remand not required where district court relied on federal PSR that incorporated facts from state PSR, not objected to by defendant, to determine prior conviction was “controlled substance offense” for purposes of career offender sentence enhancement under Guidelines
• noting the circuit’s disapproval of relying solely on the PSR prepared for the sentencing court, but finding it permissible to do so when the federal PSR recites the essential facts as presented in the presentence report prepared for use in connection with the prior conviction

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