Legal Opinion
United States v. Frechette
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 2, 2006No. 05-2065, 05-2129PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
On October 16, 1996, John Frechette was convicted in state court in Lewiston, Maine, after pleading no contest to a charge that he had assaulted his then live-in girlfriend. This offense was a misdemeanor, see Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 207, and Frechette was sentenced to a jail term of thirty days, which was immediately suspended, and to a one-year term of probation.
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