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172213P.pdf   04/10/2018  United States  v.  Ledridge Thomas
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2213
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Colloton and Erickson, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Defendant's prior Missouri convictions under section 195.211, RSMo 2003 and section 195.242, RSMo 2000 qualified as controlled substance offenses for purposes of calculating defendant's offense level; by comparison to the generic Guidelines definition, defendant's convictions under section 195.211.3 and 195.242.1 require more than the "mere words of an offer" for a sale, and thus qualify as controlled substance offenses