Legal Opinion
Bernal v. Helman
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 25, 1997No. 96 C 5156, 96 C 5157, 96 C 5158 and 96 C 5159PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GRADY, Senior District Judge.
Petitioner Alejandro Bernal is a prisoner in federal custody, having been sentenced on October 1, 1993 to a term of fifteen years’ imprisonment for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), prohibiting a convicted felon from knowingly possessing a firearm. United States v. Bernal, No. 92 CR 568 (N.D.Ill). His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. United States v. Bernal, 28 F.3d 630 (7th Cir.1994). Bernal was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), which requires a fifteen-year minimum prison…
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