United States v. Boardman

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

On June 27, 2006, Timothy Boardman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846 (2000); he was thereafter sentenced to 84 months’ imprisonment by the federal district court for New Hampshire. He now appeals to contest his sentence.

Boardman argues that his two prior convictions for burglary (of a warehouse and a garage, respectively) should not have been considered predicate “crimes of violence” for purposes of the career offender provision of the sentencing guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, application of which substantially increased his…