Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert L. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1990No. 88-2563PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, District Judge.
“Dates are important.” Derstein v. Van Buren, 828 F.2d 653, 654 (10th Cir.1987). So are prepositions. In this case we examine the chronology of a defendant’s criminal record and interpret the meaning of the preposition “within” in the context of a Sentencing Guideline utilized in computing a defendant’s criminal history category. Riding on the outcome of this interpretation is whether the defendant’s permissible sentencing range is 70 to 87 months, or 92 to 115 months. We hold that the higher range governs and AFFIRM the sentence imposed by the district judge.
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