Legal Opinion
United States v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 12, 2012No. 09-2086PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Matthew Davis was sentenced as a career offender pursuant to § 4B1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. While Davis’s appeal of his sentence was pending, we decided two cases that affected which types of Massachusetts convictions could be considered predicates for career offender status under § 4B1.1. See United States v. McGhee, 651 F.3d 153 (1st Cir.2011); United States v. Holloway, 630 F.3d 252 (1st Cir.2011). Regardless of these changes in the law, however, Davis cannot meet the exigencies of the plain error test in challenging his…
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