Repeate rs case reaches highest court
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if criminals seeking leniency from federal career offender sentences can challenge prior state court convictions. The California case of Earthy Daniels, a five time offender, raises whether such attack is allowed, with Justice Department backing Daniels’ appeal but federal courts split on the issue. Daniels’ gun possession conviction and 15 year federal sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act are at stake, amid questions about prior state convictions tainted by ineffective counsel.