United States v. Sanchez

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Robert E. Bacharach, Circuit Judge

The defendant, Mr. Marcos Sanchez, was convicted in 2006 of possessing a firearm after a prior felony conviction and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The sentence was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18. U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), which created a fifteen-year mandatory minimum. In district court, Mr. Sanchez unsuccessfully challenged the sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We affirm. '

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The Armed Career Criminal Act would have been triggered by three or more past convictions for violent felonies…