United States v. Jeffrey Joseph Pendleton

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Jeffrey Pendleton of unlawful possession of a firearm as a previously convicted felon. The district court 1 imposed a 15-year prison sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e)(1). On appeal, Pendleton disputes an evidentiary ruling at trial and challenges the determination that he qualifies as an armed career criminal under the sentencing statute. We conclude that there was no reversible error, and we therefore affirm.

I

In March 2015, Pendleton was living in the basement of his nephew's home on the Lower Sioux Indian…