Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Newbold
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2015No. 10-6929PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.
GREGORY, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Newbold pleaded guilty in 2005 to being a félon in possession of a firearm. At sentencing, the district court found he possessed three prior North Carolina state court convictions that triggered enhancements under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), including a fifteen-year mandatory-minimum prison term. Newbold objected that at least one of these convictions should not have been considered a predicate “serious drug offense” because it…
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