Opinion ID: 203601
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Heading: Giggey's Prior State Court Convictions

Text: At the time of his sentencing, Giggey had several prior adult convictions for violations of Maine's criminal laws. Two are important to this appeal. The first is a burglary conviction from 2000. The relevant count in Giggey's indictment for that crime charged: That on or about and between March 23, 2000, and March 25, 2000 in Raymond, Cumberland County, Maine, TIMOTHY ALBERT GIGGEY did enter or surreptitiously remain in a structure namely a garage owned by David Millay located at 100 Wild Acres Road, knowing he was not licensed or privileged to do so, with the intent to commit the crime of theft inside. On December 7, 2000, Giggey pled guilty to the burglary charged in that count, a Class C crime punishable by up to five years' imprisonment under Maine law. See Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, §§ 401, 1252(2)(C). For his 2000 burglary conviction, Giggey received a two year sentence with all but ninety days suspended. Giggey's second relevant state offense is a burglary conviction from 2004. On June 22, 2004, Giggey waived indictment and pled guilty to burglary, Class C, alleged to have occurred on February 21st of this year at the Pit Stop Redemption. He received a thirty month sentence with all but four months suspended for that burglary. Both the 2000 and 2004 offenses were charged under Maine's burglary statute, which provided: 1. A person is guilty of burglary if he enters or surreptitiously remains in a structure, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, with the intent to commit a crime therein. 2. Burglary is classified as: A. A Class A crime if the defendant was armed with a firearm, or knew that an accomplice was so armed; and B. A Class B crime if: (1) The defendant intentionally or recklessly inflicted or attempted to inflict bodily injury on anyone during the commission of the burglary or an attempt to commit the burglary or in immediate flight after the commission or attempt; (2) The defendant was armed with a dangerous weapon other than a firearm or knew that an accomplice was so armed; (3) The violation was against a structure that is a dwelling place;.... . . . . C. All other burglary is a Class C crime. Me.Rev.Stat. Ann. tit. 17-A, § 401 (2000). [2] Under Maine law, a crime's classification determines its maximum possible punishment. A Class A crime is punishable by up to thirty years in prison; a Class B crime, ten years; and a Class C crime, five years. Id. § 1252(2). Maine's criminal code also defines the term structure to mean a building or other place designed to provide protection for persons or property against weather or intrusion, but does not include vehicles and other conveyances whose primary purpose is transportation of persons or property unless such vehicle or conveyance, or a section thereof, is also a dwelling place. Id. § 2(24). The text of the general burglary provision, id. § 401(1), under which Giggey was convicted in 2000 and 2004 itself contained no element involving the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another. U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(1).