Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwards
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 19, 2017No. 15-1874PPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Preface
A person with three convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses who commits a federal firearms crime is an armed career criminal and must be sentenced to at least 15 years in prison—so says the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA,” for short). See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Under the governing rule, the government must prove the existence of the prior convictions by a preponderance of the evidence. See United States v. Mulkern, 854 F.3d 87, 90 (1st Cir. 2017); see also United States v. Dancy, 640 F.3d 455, 467 (1st Cir. 2011). The…
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