U.S. v. Hawkins, No. 94-11015 (5th Cir.) (69 F.3d 11) (November 1, 1995) (Judge Robert M. Parker)
Case held that conduct underlying a defendant's prior felony conviction could also be used to enhance the defendant's sentence based on his criminal history score and was not improper double counting.
This is a double counting case under the Guidelines that shows how easy it is to use the same …
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