U.S. v. CURET

No. 10-1176.

670 F.3d 296 (2012)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Alex CURET, a/k/a/ A.J., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen A. Pickett , with whom Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP was on brief, for appellant.

Cynthia A. Young , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Alex Curet appeals his below-guidelines career offender sentence of 174 months after a plea of guilty to three counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a school. His appeal raises an issue that we have not resolved before: whether a Massachusetts state-court "guilty-filed" disposition qualifies as a "conviction" for purposes of the career offender guidelines, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a)...

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