United States v. Anthony J. Smalley

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Anthony Smalley was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and entered a plea of guilty. The United States then filed a notice that it would seek to enhance Mr. Smalley’s sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e); the district court 2 applied that enhancement and sentenced Mr. Smalley to 15 years of incarceration. Mr. Smalley now appeals, contending that the district court erred because it imposed the enhancement based on his prior juvenile adjudications. Mr.…