Opinion ID: 691979
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: criminal history category score

Text: 85 Box contends that the district court improperly assessed one point to his criminal history score for his prior assault conviction. The sentence for Box's prior assault conviction was imposed within ten years of the defendant's commencement of the instant offense and therefore, pursuant to Secs. 4A1.1(c) and 4A1.2(e), the one point was properly added to his criminal history score. See United States v. Lopez, 923 F.2d 47, 48 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 924, 111 S.Ct. 2032, 114 L.Ed.2d 117 (1991). Box, citing no authority for this proposition, asserts that the prior conviction should not have been considered because of the four year delay between the 'commencement of [the instant] offense' and the trial. 86 Box has failed to show that the court incorrectly applied the guidelines. See United States v. Matovsky, 935 F.2d 719, 721 (5th Cir.1991) (citing 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3742(e)). Moreover, as the government asserts, if this one point had not been counted, Box's criminal history category (I) would have remained the same. This contention will afford Box no relief. 87 In conclusion, we also reject Box's claim that the evidence is insufficient to support his two convictions (counts 10 and 11) for filing a false income tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 7206(1). There is ample evidence to sustain the convictions. With respect to the remaining arguments of Box, we have considered briefs and oral arguments of counsel and the pertinent parts of the record, and conclude there is no error requiring reversal.