U.S. v. CONNELL

No. 91-1700.

960 F.2d 191 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gerald CONNELL, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dimitri, Jr., with whom Dimitri & Dimitri was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Lincoln C. Almond, U.S. Atty., and Craig N. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on brief, for the U.S.

Before TORRUELLA, ALDRICH and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal, in which the appellant complains that the government practiced "sentencing entrapment," calls upon us to venture onto terra incognita. Believing, as we do, that the district court did not err in accepting the fruits of the government's activities, we turn a deaf ear to the appellant's complaint. We also overrule his objection to a "special skill" adjustment made by the lower court in constructing the guideline sentencing range...

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