United States v. Brown

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR SENTENCING RELIEF PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 2255

Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge:

Aceshunn Brown, an inmate at a federal prison, timely filed the instant motion for sentencing relief on the ground that his a prior conviction for attempted second-degree robbery in New York State no longer qualifies as a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). Because his federal sentence was premised on that state conviction being' classified.as a violent felony, he believes he is entitled to sentencing relief. For the…