Legal Opinion
United States v. James Earl Matthews
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2004No. 02-10445PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge:
James Earl Matthews appeals his criminal sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment, which was imposed in accordance with U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(2), because the district court determined that his 1987 burglary of an occupied building qualified as a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2). He argues that burglary of an occupied building in Nevada is not a crime of violence according to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, and that the appropriate Guidelines range is therefore 92-115 months.
I. BACKGROUND
In July 1998, a jury found Matthews guilty of being a felon in…
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