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192440P.pdf 06/24/2020 United States v. Javier Corona-Verduzco
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-2440
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Smith Chief Judge, and Kobes, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law - Criminal law. In this First Step Act proceeding,
defendant did not waive his right to a 21 U.S.C. Sec. 851(b) inquiry;
defendant received and served a term of imprisonment of more than 12
months for two serious drug felonies - even though he served them
concurrently - and, as a result had two, not one prior convictions; a
Section 851(b) inquiry would not have changed his mandatory minimum, and
the failure to conduct the 851(b) inquiry was harmless error.