Legal Opinion
United States v. Albert Pickett
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 2019No. 17-13476PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
The district court granted Albert Pickett relief on a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence, ruling that, following changes in constitutional law regarding the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), Pickett no longer qualified as an armed career criminal and was not eligible for an enhanced sentence. The government appealed but, before any briefing took place, this Court ruled in Beeman v. United States , 871 F.3d 1215 (11th Cir. 2017), that § 2255 movants were required to meet a higher burden than the one the district court had applied. The parties agree that Beeman…
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