U.S. v. Curtis

Dist. Ct. did not err in sentencing defendant to 262-month term of incarceration on drug distribution charges after finding that defendant was eligible for career offender status under section 4B1.1(a) of USSG based in part on defendant's prior Ill. conviction on charge of aggravated discharge of firearm. Said prior conviction qualified as crime of violence since it had as element use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force, and since defendant was charged in Illinois offense with knowingly discharging firearm in direction of another individual.