Legal Opinion
United States v. Deluca
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 1994No. 19-1182PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This is another in the long line of sentencing appeals that march beneath the banner of the federal sentencing guidelines. 1 The appeal poses only one question: Does a state conviction for extortion, under a statute that defines extortion more broadly than in terms of threats against a person, qualify as a “crime of violence,” and, therefore, as a sentence-enhancing factor within the purview of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a) (a guideline which provides for a higher offense level, and, consequently, greater punishment, if specified offenses are committed by a person with a prior…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. NardelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by59 opinions
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