Legal Opinion
United States v. Soto-Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 2016No. 14-1216PPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal calls for us to consider the district judge’s determination that appellant Anthony Soto-Rivera (“Soto-Rivera”) should be sentenced as a Career Offender because he committed a “crime of violence” as defined by the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “Guidelines”). The issue before us is narrow, and so is our ruling. Taking this case just as it has been presented to us — meaning we hold the parties to their concessions and decline to speculate on the possible merit of other arguments that might have been (but weren’t) made — we conclude that…
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