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2008 Decisions                                                                                                             States Court of Appeals
                                                                                                                              for the Third Circuit


10-2-2008

USA v. Wood
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 07-3741




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                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                                      __________
                                      No. 07-3741
                                     _____________

                            UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


                                              v.

                                   SHAHEED WOOD,
                                         Appellant

                     On Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
                                   (No. 04-cr-00431)

                           Before: Scirica, McKee and Smith,
                                     Circuit Judges

                     Submitted pursuant to Third circuit LAR 34.1(a)
                                   September 8, 2008

                              Opinion filed: October 2, 2008

                                         OPINION

McKee, Circuit Judge

       Shaheed Wood appeals a sentence that was imposed following his conviction for

conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. §

1951(a) and aiding and abetting interference with interstate commerce as well as using

and carrying a firearm during, and in relation to, a crime of violence in violation of 18

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U.S.C. § 924(c). For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of sentence.

       We previously set forth the factual background of this appeal when we affirmed

the judgment of conviction on Wood’s direct appeal. See U. S. v. Shaheed Wood, 

(3d Cir.2007). Although we affirmed the conviction, we reversed the upward

adjustment the court had imposed pursuant to U.S.S.G. §3A1.2, and we remanded to the

trial court for a determination of whether Wood’s juvenile adjudications resulted in “a

juvenile sentence to confinement of at least 60 days,” pursuant to U.S.S.G. §4A1.1(b)

and U.S.S.G. §4A1.2(d)(2)(A).

       Wood now challenges the sentence imposed on remand arguing that the privileges

and opportunities he was afforded while confined at the juvenile facilities he was

sentenced to were such that he did not serve a “juvenile confinement” under the

sentencing guidelines. However, despite the fact that Woods was afforded such liberties

as home visits and participation in educational programs, we do not accept his contention

that his juvenile sentences fall short of the level of restriction required for “confinement”

under the Guidelines. The rehabilitative nature of his stay at those juvenile institutions

does not negate the reality that he was nevertheless sentenced to “confinement” for a

period in excess of sixty (60) days and that those sentences constitute “juvenile

confinement” pursuant to U.S.S.G. 4A1.2(d)(2)(A). United States v. Davis, 929 F2d 930

(3d. Cir. 1991), See also United States v. Williams, 291 F3d 1180, 1194 (9th Cir. 2002)

(collecting cases).   Accordingly, we will affirm the judgment of sentence.


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