United States First Circuit

Conviction and sentence for possession of firearms and ammunition as a felon, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g)(1), and for possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. section 841(a)(1), are affirmed where: 1) the magistrate had the requisite "substantial basis" for concluding that probable cause existed when issuing the search warrant that led to incriminating evidence in defendant's house and car; and 2) defendant's prior felony of resisting arrest is a "crime of violence" under U.S.S.G. section 2K2.1(a)(3).

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/20/2012
• Published 06/20/2012

Judges

• SOUTER

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel