United States v. Terrance Matthews

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Terrance Matthews appeals from the judgment of conviction, entered May 11, 1999, sentencing him to a forty-two month term of imprisonment for possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (1994). On appeal, Matthews contends that the district court erred in computing his sentence by improperly counting a prior New York State youthful offender adjudication in the calculation of his criminal history category under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.” or “Guidelines”). See United States Sentencing Commission,…