United States v. Brown

Defendant-Appellant Mozzelle Brown appeals from a November 24, 2009 judgment of conviction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Hall, /.), following Brown’s plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court found that Brown’s criminal history subjected him to an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), and sentenced him principally to 180 months’ imprisonment, the minimum sentence provided by that statute. On appeal, Brown challenges two of the…