United States v. Falcone

USCA1 Opinion




December 7, 1995 [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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No. 95-1026

UNITED STATES,

Appellee,

v.

JOSEPH FALCONE,

Defendant, Appellant.

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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE

[Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge] ___________________

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Before

Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________
Stahl and Lynch, Circuit Judges. ______________

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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.


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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. ________ ___































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