U.S. v. Hill, No. 96-3843 (6th Cir.) (142 F.3d 305) (April 16, 1998) (Judge Leroy J. Jr. Contie)
Case held that ยง 851(a)(1) imposes a jurisdictional requirement granting the district court jurisdiction to enhance a defendant's sentence only when the Government files an information with the court stating the convictions to be relied upon.
In this case, the court also ruled that the district court's failure to to ...
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