Legal Opinion
United States v. Harrison
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 2009No. 08-12636PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether a prior state conviction for violating subsection 2 of Florida’s willful fleeing statute, Fla. Stat. § 316.1935(2), is a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e).
I. BACKGROUND
In federal district court, Appellant Harrison was indicted on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (“Count 1”), and one count of possession of an unregistered, short-barrel shotgun, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d) (“Count 2”). Harrison pled guilty to both counts.
The government sought a…
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