U.S. v. BRADSHAW

No. 00-2416.

281 F.3d 278 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph BRADSHAW, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliane Balliro, with whom Perkins, Smith & Cohen, LLP was on brief, for appellant.

Sangita K. Rao, Attorney, U.S. Dep't of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The poetess Nikki Giovanni once commented that: "Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts." Elaine Partnow, The Quotable Woman: 1800-1981 453 (1983). Defendant-appellant Joseph Bradshaw, a recidivist robber, would have done well to heed the message inherent in these words of wisdom. The tale follows.

In the court below, the government charged that the appellant repeated and compounded the error of...

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