United States v. Edwin A. Towne, Jr.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Albert W. Coffrin, Chief Judge, a jury having found appellant Edwin Towne guilty of receiving and possessing various firearms after a prior felony conviction in violation of federal laws. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of conviction and the enhancement of appellant’s sentences on Counts 1, 3, 4, and 5. However, we believe that the district judge improperly enhanced appellant’s sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) as to Counts 6…