Legal Opinion
United States v. Wright
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 27, 2016No. 14-2335PPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This ease concerns the reading of a federal sentencing statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a), in the context of revocation of a federally supervised release imposed after a criminal contempt conviction. We conclude that the criminal contempt here must as a matter of statutory construction be treated as a Class A felony under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a). We therefore respectfully disagree with the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits.
Christopher Wright appeals from an order that revoked his supervised release on underlying convictions of being a felon in possession of a firearm and criminal…
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