United States First Circuit

District court judgment is affirmed where the "did assault and beat" charging language in the criminal complaint sufficed to identify the offense as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act or a "crime of violence" under the career offender provision of the United States Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2009
• Published 03/30/2009

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Martin J. Vogelbaum, with whom Charles P. McGinty and Federal Defender Office, were on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark T. Quinlivan, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.