Legal Opinion

United States v. Pinkham

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 18, 2018No. 17-1664PPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Dale Pinkham, Sr., challenges his 240-month incarcerative sentence. He strives to convince us that the district court held him responsible for an incorrect drug quantity and, in the bargain, improperly counted two prior convictions when calculating his criminal history score. We are not persuaded by either argument and, therefore, summarily affirm his sentence.

I. BACKGROUND

Because this appeal follows the appellant's guilty plea, we draw the facts from the change-of-plea colloquy, the uncontested portions of the presentence investigation report (PSI…

2Cases cited41 opinions

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