Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Winston
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 13, 2017No. 16-7252PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
Robert Winston was convicted in 2002 on a federal firearm charge and was sentenced to serve a term of 275 months’ imprisonment. His sentence included an enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), based in part on his prior conviction for the Virginia crime of common law robbery (Virginia common law robbery) as a qualifying predicate “violent felony.” Winston filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for post-conviction relief, contending that his robbery conviction no longer qualified as a predicate offense under the ACCA…
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