United States v. Paul McCurry

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant Paul McCurry (McCurry) pled guilty in district court 1 to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(e). As a condition of his guilty plea, McCurry reserved the right to contest on appeal his categorization as an armed career criminal pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The district court sentenced McCurry to the flf teen-year mandatory minimum sentence in accordance with the ACCA. McCurry argues on appeal that the district court’s sentence constitutes cruel and unusual…