United States v. Weems

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Kendall Rose, Ike Weems, Anthony Sabetta, and Alberto Rodríguez (collectively, the "Defendants") brought motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate, set aside, or correct their sentences. They argued that, in the wake of Johnson v. United States ( Johnson II ), --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), their convictions for the Rhode Island offense of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (A/BDW), see R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-5-2(a), no longer qualify as predicate convictions triggering the Armed Career Criminals Act's (ACCA) mandatory 15-year sentence, see 18 U.S.C.…