Legal Opinion
United States v. Almeida
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 2013No. 11-1267PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Almeida was indicted and tried for bank burglary under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). The jury found him guilty. On the basis of the evidence adduced at trial, the district court applied a sentencing guideline intended for cases of robbery, rather than the burglary guideline Almei-da proposed. The resulting sentence was roughly twice what it would have been under the burglary guideline. Almeida now appeals that sentence, arguing that it was unconstitutional for the district court to sentence him under a guideline intended for robbery, given the government’s failure to…
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