Legal Opinion
United States v. Matos-De-Jesus
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 2017No. 16-1695PPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
With respect to some firearms charges, the sentencing guidelines provide that if the offense of conviction involves three or more guns, the defendant’s offense level is to be enhanced by a specified number of levels. See USSG § 2K2.1(b)(l). Here, the offenses of conviction involved two firearms, and the sentencing court, recognizing that the guideline enhancement was inapplicable, considered the second firearm as an aggravating factor in imposing an upwardly variant sentence.
In this appeal, defendant-appellant José Matos-de-Jesús argues, inter alia, that the sentencing…
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