Legal Opinion
Arthur M. Clawson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1995No. 94-35148PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Arthur Clawson appeals the district court’s denial of habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on Clawson’s claim that his federal sentence under the then existing Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.CApp. § 1202 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985) (repealed 1986), was improperly enhanced through use of a state conviction that later became nonfi-nal when his appeal from the state judgment was reopened, and was unconstitutionally obtained.
In 1966 Clawson was convicted of robbery in the Oregon courts. His appeal was abandoned by counsel.
In 1986, Clawson was convicted in federal court of possession of a…
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