Legal Opinion

United States v. Blewitt

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 5, 2019No. 18-1356PPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

*120 Defendant-appellant Seth J. Blewitt, who stands convicted of bank robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and a related firearms offense, challenges his sentence. He argues that the sentencing court acted in contravention of the Supreme Court's opinion in Dean v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 137 S.Ct. 1170 , 1178, 197 L.Ed.2d 490 (2017), and in the bargain, engaged in impermissible gender stereotyping. Concluding, as we do, that the appellant's arguments contain more cry than wool, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Since this appeal follows a guilty plea, we draw the relevant facts mainly…

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