United States v. Evans

Debra Ann Livingston, Circuit Judge:

*23The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B), imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence if a defendant is convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm following three prior convictions for a "violent felony." This appeal presents the latest entry in a series of cases defining offenses that qualify as "violent felonies" for an enhanced sentence under ACCA. Specifically, this case calls upon us to answer two questions of first impression in this Circuit: (1) whether second-degree burglary in violation of North Carolina…