United States v. MacArthur, No. 14-1303 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a straight guilty plea to illegal possession of firearms after having been previously convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than one year and illegal possession of firearms that he knew or had reasonable cause to believe were stolen. The district court sentenced Defendant to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 216 and 120 months. Defendant appealed, challenging the district court’s calculation of the applicable sentencing ranges under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. The First Circuit affirmed the sentence, holding (1) the district court did not err in deciding to count two prior convictions as “crimes of violence” under the Sentencing Guidelines so as to raise Defendant's base offense level; (2) the district court did not err by denying Defendant credit for acceptance of responsibility under the Sentencing Guidelines; (3) the district court did not err in applying the two-point enhancement for causing reckless endangerment during flight; and (4) none of Defendant’s pro se supplemental claims merit relief.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on November 17, 2015.
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