United States First Circuit

A conviction for violating a Maine statute, which makes it a crime for a person to "engage[] in a sexual act with another person, not the actor's spouse, who is either 14 or 15 years of age and the actor...is at least 10 years older than the other person," 17-A M.R.S.A. section 254(1)(A-2), is a crime of violence for sentencing purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2008
• Published 02/07/2008

Judges

• SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SELYA and SILER, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward S. MacColl, with whom Thompson, Bull, Furey, Bass & MacColl, LLC, P.A., was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. Mark Terison, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.