U.S. v. SPAULDING

No. 02-1789.

339 F.3d 20 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Murray SPAULDING, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann E. Johnston, for appellant.

Margaret D. McGaughey, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a sentence imposed upon Murray Spaulding after he pleaded guilty to certain drug offenses. The question raised on this appeal is whether two of Mr. Spaulding's prior convictions should have been excluded when the District Court was tallying his criminal-history score. Mr. Spaulding argues that they should have been excluded because they qualify as crimes "similar to" two offenses that United States Sentencing...

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