Legal Opinion
United States v. Sacko
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 15, 1999No. 97-2386PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
The defendant, George Sacko (“Sacko”), was arrested in December 1996, and charged with: (1) possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and (2) possession of a silencer by a convicted felon. On July 8, 1997, Sacko pled guilty to both counts. The district court determined that Sacko was an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) because of three previous Rhode Island convictions for: (1) assault with a dangerous weapon; (2) assault with intent to murder; and (3) statutory rape or, as it is described under Rhode Island General Laws, sexual assault in the third…
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