United States v. Blais

Type

Opinion

Author

Juan R. Torruella

Filed

Aug. 28, 1996

Case

United States v. Blais

Case status

Decided

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[This opinion is For Pubication as of October 21, 1996.] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 95-1093 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. RAYMOND J. BLAIS, Defendant - Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND [Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge. John J. Barter, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant. Margaret E. Curran, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, and Stephanie S. Browne, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee. August 28, 1996 TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. Defendant-appellant Raymond J. TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. Blais ("Blais") appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), as well as his resulting sentence of 235 months in a federal corrections facility plus five years' supervised release. We affirm the judgment of the district court in both regards. I. BACKGROUND I. BACKGROUND On February 3, 1994, Blais was arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, after Providence police discovered a firearm in his apartment. On May 27, 1994, a federal grand jury return…

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