United States v. Wright, No. 14-2335 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted in a federal court of being a felon in possession of a firearm and criminal contempt. Only a few years after his supervised release started, Defendant was arrested for theft and admitted to violating the terms of his release. Once out on release a second time, Defendant used drugs and engaged in conduct leading to his arrest. Defendant was subsequently charged with aggravated assault under Maine law. The government filed petitions to revoke Defendant’s supervised release on grounds of use of narcotics and violation of state law. The district court ordered revocation, finding that Defendant had violated the Maine aggravated assault statute. The court sentenced Defendant to thirty months’ imprisonment after classifying criminal contempt as a Class A felony, which carries a maximum sixty-month term of imprisonment. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) the district court did not err in determining that Defendant violated state law; and (2) the district court properly classified Defendant’s underlying conviction for criminal contempt as a Class A felony, rather than a Class C felony.
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