{"id":1640,"date":"2017-02-12T04:34:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T04:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2019-11-08T16:51:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T21:51:24","slug":"oregon-drug-delivery-ineligible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/oregon-drug-delivery-ineligible","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Drug Delivery Conviction Not A Federal “Controlled Substance Offense” For Career Offender Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Oregon drug delivery conviction\u00a0under Oregon Revised Statutes 475.992(1)(a) is not a \u201ccontrolled substance offense\u201d under federal law, according to the Ninth Circuit. Sandoval v. Yates<\/a>, No. 13-71784 (9th Cir. 2017). This is an important case for criminal defendants because of its impact on individuals with career offender<\/a> enhancements. The court held that Oregon drug delivery convictions under 475.992(1)(a) are not qualifying because \u201cdelivery\u201d can mean an \u201coffer to sell.\u201d Offering to sell drugs is not a federal drug crime.<\/p>\r\n Sandoval<\/em> was decided in an immigration context, but that should not hinder\u00a0its application in federal criminal cases. In many ways, the Sandoval<\/em> decision looks a lot like the Fifth Circuit\u2019s recent decision in Hinkle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oregon drug delivery conviction\u00a0under Oregon Revised Statutes 475.992(1)(a) is not a \u201ccontrolled substance offense\u201d under federal law, according to the Ninth Circuit. Sandoval v. Yates, No. 13-71784 (9th Cir. 2017). This is an important case for criminal defendants because of its impact on individuals with career offender enhancements. The court held that Oregon drug delivery…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[314],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n