Legal Opinion
United States v. Gibbons
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 16, 2009No. 08-1216PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Defendant Jameel Gibbons challenges a sentence of ninety-two months’ incarceration imposed on him after he pled guilty to four crack cocaine offenses. Gibbons argues that the district court miscalculated his criminal history category (“CHC”) and, consequently, his Guidelines sentencing range (“GSR”) by improperly assigning him criminal history points for two prior juvenile offenses. That argument involves consideration of the latitude given to federal trial judges to interpret state criminal and juvenile records.
Gibbons also asserts that the district court misunderstood its…
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