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153223P.pdf 08/16/2016 Deandrea Gray v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-3223
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Prisoner case - Habeas. Gray was convicted and sentenced under the wrong
statutory subsection (21 U.S.C. Sec.841(b)(1)(B) rather than 21 U.S.C.
Sec. 841(b)(1)(C)), and this made his guilty plea involuntary and
unknowing; however the error was harmless as Gray pleaded guilty to an
offense with a higher sentencing exposure, and it is only logical to
assume that he would have pleaded guilty to the correct charge, which
carried a lower sentencing exposure; rather than correcting the error in
this Section 2255 proceeding, the district court should resentence
defendant and allow him to fully and accurately address all relevant
sentencing factors; remanded for further proceedings.