Legal Opinion
United States v. Copeland
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2019No. 17-5125PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
In 2008, Aaron Eugene Copeland pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court imposed an enhanced sentence of 15 years in prison under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e), based on his two prior drug offenses and one prior burglary. Mr. Copeland did not appeal. After he brought several unsuccessful motions for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , we authorized Mr. Copeland to bring a successive § 2255 motion to assert that his sentence is invalid under Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 192…
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