Legal Opinion
Terry Jon Martin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1993No. 92-1284PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*272MAGILL, Circuit Judge.
Terry Jon Martin was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. app. § 1202(a)(1). Based upon his prior felony convictions, he received the mandatory fifteen-year sentence prescribed by the sentence enhancement provision of the statute. Martin brought a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his sentence, arguing that two of his prior convictions could not constitute predicate offenses for sentence enhancement purposes following the repeal and amendment of certain provisions of the federal firearms laws. We affirm the…
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