United States First Circuit

Enhancement of defendant's sentence pursuant to a finding that established defendant as a career offender is affirmed, where: 1) previous reversal of the district court’s application of the "three strikes" statute invalidated a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, thereby making the career offender enhancement newly relevant at resentencing; and 2) the decision to allow new evidence that would support career offender enhancement promotes rather than undermines judicial economy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2014
• Published 08/18/2014

Judges

• TORRUELLA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel