United States v. James J. Glidden

Defendant James J. Glidden appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont convicting him, following his plea of guilty before Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Judge, of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1994). Glidden was sentenced principally to 70 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. On appeal, he contends principally that, in calculating his criminal history category under the federal Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”), the district court improperly added…