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U.S. v. PADILLA

No. 03-1918.

393 F.3d 256 (2004)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Joel PADILLA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Gormley and Christie M. Charles on brief for the appellant.

Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Virginia M. Vander Jagt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, on brief for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Following the conviction of defendant-appellant Joel Padilla for being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the district court sentenced him to imprisonment and a term of supervised release. On appeal, Padilla advances three claims, one of which has merit and, under existing circuit precedent, justifies modification of his sentence. The other two claims lack merit. We consider the three claims sequentially.

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