Legal Opinion
United States v. Wurie
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 8, 2017No. 15-1395PPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, Brima Wurie (“Wurie”), who was sentenced as a career offender under section 4B1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “Guidelines”), challenges the classification of his prior Massachusetts convictions—which include convictions for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (“ABDW’), resisting arrest, larceny from the person, and assault and battery on a police officer—-as “crime[s] of violence” under the residual clause of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2). After careful consideration, we affirm.
I. Background
Wurie was convicted of…
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