Legal Opinion
United States v. Fernandez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 6, 1997No. 96-1655PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, District Judge.
Martin Fernández pled guilty to an unarmed bank robbery charge in February of 1996. See 18 U.S.C. § 2133(a). The district judge (Young, J.), confronted with Fernández’ criminal history, found him to be a career offender and sentenced him accordingly. See U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1.
On appeal Fernández challenges his sentence, arguing that he did not qualify as a career offender under the sentencing guidelines. He says the district court’s contrary finding was legally incorrect for at least two reasons: (1) the district judge erred when he concluded that the Massachusetts crime…
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