United States v. Douglas

OPINION AND ORDER

JON E. DEGUILIO, Judge

Defendant Charles Douglas was convicted for possessing a firearm as a felon. At sentencing, the Court found that Mr. Douglas had four prior convictions for serious drug offenses or violent felonies, so it sentenced Mr. Douglas under the Armed Career Criminal Act, which increases the statutory penalties for this offense for defendants with three or more qualifying convictions. The Supreme Court subsequently struck a portion of the definition of “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act and made that rule retroactive to cases on collateral…