Legal Opinion
Quarles v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 2019No. 17-778PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kavanaugh
*1875Section 924(e) of Title 18, also known as the Armed Career Criminal Act, mandates a minimum 15-year prison sentence for a felon who unlawfully possesses a firearm and has three prior convictions for a "serious drug offense" or "violent felony." Section 924(e) defines "violent felony" to include "burglary." Under this Court's 1990 decision in Taylor v. United States , 495 U.S. 575, 110 S.Ct. 2143, 109 L.Ed.2d 607, the generic statutory term "burglary" means "unlawful or unprivileged entry into, or remaining in , a building or structure, with intent to commit a crime." Id ., at 599, 110 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Stokeling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2019
- United States v. CoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- People v. GainesNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- United States v. StittSupreme Court of the United States · 2018
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