Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwin DeShazior
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 2018No. 16-11737PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REEVES, District Judge:
Edwin Deshazior appeals his 180 month sentence following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that he should not have received a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 924 (e)(1) and 924(e)(2)(B), because he did not have three prior convictions for violent felonies under the act and because his prior felony convictions were not alleged in his indictment. After careful review, we affirm.
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Miami-Dade police officers found Edwin Deshazior in possession of a Smith & Wesson Model…
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