UNITED STATES v. MALDONADO

No. 19-1525.

988 F.3d 103 (2021)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Carlos MALDONADO, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Quinlivan , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

Samia Hossain , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Miriam Conrad , Federal Public Defender, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


This appeal turns on whether a conviction under Massachusetts law for armed assault with intent to murder qualifies as a crime of violence under section 4B1.2(a) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines if the conviction was or may have been based on a joint venture theory under Massachusetts law as it stood in 2007. The...

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