In a prosecution for robbery of a federal bank through the use of a dangerous weapon, district court’s imposition of a sentence designating defendant as a career offender under U.S.S.G. section 4B1.1(a) is affirmed as escape from secure custody is a crime of violence within the purview of the career offender guideline.
Read US v. Willings, No. 09-1334
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maine
Decided December 1, 2009
Judges
Before: Seyla and Boudin, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge
Opinion by Seyla, Circuit Judge
Counsel
For Appellant: Charles K. Stephenson
For Appellee: Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, and Margaret D. McGaughey, Appellate Chief
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