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U.S. v. LaValle, No. 98-55037 (9th Cir.) (175 F.3d 1106) (February 12, 1999) (Judge Melvin Brunetti)

Here the Ninth Circuit joined with the First, Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Circuits in holding that a defendant who successfully attacks a state conviction may seek Federal habeas relief of a Federal sentence that was enhanced by the state conviction.

This decision slightly modifies and supercedes the Court's previous decision ...

 

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