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Escape From Jail or Prison Categorically Constitutes Crime of Violence

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Escapes, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Location: Montana.

Montana federal prisoner Shane Savage appealed a sentence enhancement for a prior escape from a state jail that was used to calculate his current sentence. The enhancement was confirmed because the escape categorically constituted a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a).

Savage pled guilty to possessing an unregistered weapon …

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