U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 07-1354.

529 F.3d 1 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert WILLIAMS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christie M. Charles, George F. Gormley, and George F. Gormley, P.C. on brief for appellant.

Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Wendy Waldron, Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to answer for the first time the question of whether the interstate transport of a minor for prostitution in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) constitutes a crime of violence within the purview of the career offender provision of the federal sentencing guidelines. See USSG § 4B1.2(a). That answer is complicated by a recent Supreme Court decision, which this court has not yet addressed. Working our...

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