U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2007

United States v. McDade

United States v. McDade
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided July 27, 2007 · Jones, Per Curiam, Smith, Stewart
242 F. App'x 964

United States v. McDade

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Jamaica Latrin McDade appeals the 188-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP). He argues for the first time on appeal that PCP is a Schedule II controlled substance and that the district court, therefore, erred by using the statutory maximum set forth in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) when applying the career offender enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(b). He also argues that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the career offender enhancement on the ground that PCP was a Schedule III controlled substance.

Contrary to McDade’s assertion, PCP is a Schedule II controlled substance. See 21 U.S.C. § 812(a); 21 C.F.R. § 1308.12. Accordingly, McDade has not shown that the district court erred by using the statutory maximum sentence set forth in § 841(b)(1)(C).

Any objection to the application of § 4Bl.l(b) on the ground that PCP was a schedule III controlled substance would have been frivolous. Accordingly, counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise this issue before the district court. See United States v. Glinsey, 209 F.3d 386, 392-93 (5th Cir. 2000); Green v. Johnson, 160 F.3d 1029, 1037 (5th Cir. 1998).

AFFIRMED.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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