Legal Opinion

United States v. Daoust

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 1, 2018No. 17-1234PPublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

*574 Defendant-appellant Robert Daoust mounts a multi-pronged challenge to the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release term. Concluding, as we do, that his claims of sentencing error are futile, we affirm the sentence.

I. BACKGROUND

We briefly rehearse the facts and travel of the case. In 2010, the appellant pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. See 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). The district court sentenced him to a seven-year term of immurement, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. The appellant's prison…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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