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United States v. Carr

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided January 26, 2010No. 08-5037PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

The Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) imposes a 15-year mandatory prison term on an individual convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm if that individual has “three previous convictions ... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both, committed on occasions different from one another.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Daryl Steven Carr pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced as an armed career criminal to 262 months of imprisonment. The district court applied the ACCA enhancement because Carr has four prior state…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Thomas L. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Benjamin Thomas Tisdale, IIICourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Vincent Jay LetterloughCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  5. State v. JollySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. Gary SpanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2015
  2. United States v. BoykinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2012
  3. United States v. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. Russell LinneyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. VogtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015

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