United States v. Falcone

December 7, 1995 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 95-1026 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JOSEPH FALCONE, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges. William A. Hahn and Hahn & Matkov on brief for appellant. Jay P. McCloskey, United States Attorney, Helene Kazanjian, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and George T. Dilworth, Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee. Per Curiam. Having carefully reviewed the parties' briefs and the record, we affirm the judgment. Contrary to appellant's suggestion, the Sentencing Guidelines explicitly provide that "uncounseled misdemeanor sentences where imprisonment was not imposed" are "to be counted in the criminal history score." U.S.S.G. 4A1.2 comment. (backg'd). Falcone's constitutional challenge was rejected by the Supreme Court in Nichols v. United States, 114 S. Ct. 1921 (1994). Accordingly, the district court committed no error, much less plain error, in computing appellant's criminal history score. Affirmed. See Loc. R. 27.1. -2-