United States v. Tek Ngo

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the court’s finding that the defendant’s prior convic- tions were not part of a common scheme or plan violated the Sixth Amendment principles articulated in Shepard
• stating that, under Shepard, the district court may consider a sentencing transcript, because it has “ ‘the conclusive significance’ of a prior judicial record”
• ordering a limited remand where district court considered sources that were not authorized under Shepard in finding that defendant was a career offender
• district court went beyond fact of defendant’s prior convictions to additionally conclude that convictions were not part of a common scheme or plan
• District Court may rely only on “those findings traceable to a prior judicial record of conclusive significance” to determine whether prior convictions are related to one another
• District Court may rely only on “those findings traceable to a prior judicial record of conclusive significance” to determine whether prior convictions are related to one another

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