US v. Craddock, No. 09-1789

Defendant's crack cocaine distribution sentence is affirmed where the question of what constitutes a "prior conviction" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(A) was a matter of federal, not state, law, and a suspended imposition of sentence qualified as such a prior conviction.

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Appellate Information

Submitted: January 11, 2010

Filed: February 1, 2010

Judges

Per Curiam