U.S. v. FLORENCE

No. 97-2194.

143 F.3d 11 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James P. FLORENCE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Martin Richey, Federal Defender Office, for appellant.

Ben T. Clements, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief, for the United States.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant James P. Florence strives to convince us that the district court erred when it ordered a federal sentence to be served consecutively to the undischarged portion of certain state sentences. We are not persuaded.

I.

Background

In October 1993, the appellant asked a cousin who lived in Kentucky to buy guns for him. The cousin complied. Florence...

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