Legal Opinion
United States v. Rivers
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 25, 2010No. 09-4336PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge DUNCAN joined.
OPINION
GREGORY, Circuit Judge:
The Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) imposes a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence on felons convicted of firearm possession where the felon has “three previous convictions ... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Today, we again consider whether a conviction under South Carolina law for failure to stop for a blue light, S.C.Code Ann. § 56-5-750(A), constitutes a “violent felony” under the ACCA. In…
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