United States Second Circuit

Judgment sentencing defendant to 57 months' imprisonment for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is affirmed, where: 1) the district court calculated defendant's criminal history category and base offense level by relying on prior sentences imposed upon pleas entered in accordance with North Carolina v. Alford; and 2) a sentence imposed upon entry of an Alford plea qualifies as a "prior sentence" under U.S.S.G. section 4A1.2(a)(1).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2015
• Published 01/09/2015

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Court

• United States Second Circuit

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