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v. S HAHE E D WOOD, A ppel l ant O n A p p ea l from the U n it ed S tat es D istri ct C o u rt f o r th e E a ste rn D istric t o f P e n n sy lv a n ia ( N o. 04- cr - 00431) B e f o re : S c ir ic a , M c K e e a n d S m ith , C i r cui tJudges Subm i t t ed pur s uant t o T hi r d ci r cui t L A R 34. 1( a)

Sept ember 8, 2008 O pi ni on fi l ed: O ct ober 2, 2008

OPI NI ON Mc Ke e , Ci r c ui t

Judge Shahe e d W ood a

ppe a l s as e nt e nc e that

wa s i m pos e d fol l owi ng hi s c onvi c t i on for co n sp iracy

to in terf ere w ithin terstate co mm erce b y ro b b ery inv io latio no f

1 8 U .S .C . § 1951( a ) and a i di ng and abe tt i ng i nt e r fe r e nc e wi th i nt e r s t at e c omm e r c e a s we l l a s us i ng and c arryi ng afi r e arm

dur i ng, and i n r e l at i on t o, ac r i m e of vi ol e nc e i n vi ol at i on of 182

U.S.C. § 9 24 (c ). Fo r the re as on s that follow, we will affirm the jud gm ent of sente nce. We previously

se t forth the fact

ual bac kg roun d o f this a

pp ea l when w e a ff

ir m ed th e j u d g m en t o f

co n v ictio no nWo o d ’s d irect ap p eal. See U. S. v . Shahe e d W ood , 486 F.3d78 1 (3dCir. 20 07 ). Althou gh we affirm ed the c on vict ion, we re vers ed the upw ar d a djus tm e nt

the c ourt ha d i m pos e d pur s uant

t o U. S. S. G. §3A1. 2, and we r e m ande d t o the tr ia l c ou rt fo r a dete rm inat ion o f w hether Wood ’s ju venile adju dicati on s r es ulte d in “a juve ni l e s e nt e nc e t o c onfi ne m e nt of at l e a s t 60 day s , ” pur s uant

t o U. S. S. G. §4A1. 1( b) an dU .S .S .G . § 4 A 1 .2 (d )(2 )(A ). Woodno w chall enges the se ntence im po se d o n rem and arguing that the pri vile ges and o pp ortuniti es he was a ff orded w hile conf

ined at the juv enil e faci li ti es he was s e nt e nc e d t o we r e s uc h that he di d not

s e rve a“ juve ni l e c onfi ne m e nt ” unde r the se ntenci ng gu idel ines . How ever , des pite the fac t t hat W oo ds was a ff

orded such liber

ti es a s hom e vi s i t s and part i c i pat i on i n e duc at i ona l pr ogr am s , we do not a c c e pt hi s c ont e nt i on th at h is j u v en ile sen ten ces f all sh o rt o f

th e lev el o f

restrictio nrequ iredf

o r “co n f in em en t” unde r the Gui de l i ne s . The r e habi l i t at i ve nat ur e of hi s s t ay

at thos e juve ni l e i ns t i t

ut i ons do es no t negat e the re al it y that he was nevert

hele ss se ntence d to “conf inem ent” fo r a p erio dinex cess o f

six ty (6 0 ) d ay s an dth at th o se sen ten ces co n stitu te “j u v en ile co n f in em en t” p u rsu an t to U .S .S .G . 4 A 1 .2 (d )(2 )(A ). U n ited Sta tes v. D a vis , 929 F2d 930 (3 d . C ir. 1 9 9 1 ), Seea l s o Un i te d States v . W i l l i am s , 291 F3d 1180, 1194 ( 9 Ci r . 2002) th (co llectin g cases). A cco rd in g ly , w e w ill af f irm th e j u d g m en t o f

sen ten ce.