Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Lynch Pettis
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 27, 2018No. 16-3988PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Charles Pettis pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). At sentencing, the Government argued that Pettis qualified as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e) based on six predicate convictions under Minnesota law: three for simple robbery, two for aggravated robbery, and one for second-degree burglary. Pettis objected to his classification as an armed career criminal and argued that none of the six convictions qualified as predicate offenses under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"). The court…
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