United States v. Keishaun D. Irby, 11th Cir. (2012)
United States v. Keishaun D. Irby, 11th Cir. (2012)
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Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
KEISHAUN D. IRBY,
a.k.a. Keezy,
a.k.a. Key,
a.k.a. "B",
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Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Florida
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(July 30, 2012)
Before CARNES, KRAVITCH, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Court held that the Fair Sentencing Acts new, more lenient mandatory minimum
provisions . . . apply to defendants who committed a crack cocaine crime before
the Act went into effect but whom the district court did not sentence until after it
went into effect. Dorsey committed his crack cocaine crimes before the Act went
into effect but was not sentenced until after it was effective. The district court
faithfully followed our precedent holding that the Fair Sentencing Act was not
applicable to cases like this one, but in light of Dorsey, we vacate Irbys sentence
for Counts 1, 3, and 4, and remand for resentencing.1
II.
We next turn to Irbys contention that Count 5 is not second or subsequent
conviction under 924(c)(1)(C). If a defendant receives a second or subsequent
conviction under 924(c), he is subject to a mandatory consecutive sentence of 25
years for that second conviction. 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(C). A district court may
deem one of two 924(c) convictions charged in the same indictment as a second
or subsequent conviction under 924(c)(1)(C). United States v. Phaknikone, 605
F.3d 1099, 111112 (11th Cir. 2010) (noting that we long ago rejected the
argument that a district court cannot impose a 25-year sentence under
Because we vacate Irbys sentence for Counts 1, 3, and 4, we do not reach his contention
that the district court erred by concluding that two of his prior convictions constituted separate
offenses for the purpose of his sentence enhancement under 841(b)(1)(A).
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