Legal Opinion
United States v. Sherwood
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 1998No. 97-2179PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Defendant Francis E. Sherwood was charged in a two-count indictment with being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and of ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He pled guilty to both counts, and the district court subsequently sentenced him to concurrent terms of seventy months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for each count. Sherwood’s prior felony record consisted of a two-count conviction under Rhode Island law for second degree child molestation.
Sherwood challenges his sentence on two grounds. First, he contends that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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