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United States v. Gordon

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 24, 2009No. 08-1734PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

George L. Gordon appeals his sentence after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The district court imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), after finding Gordon had three prior convictions for “violent felon[ies].” Because we conclude Gordon’s 2004 Missouri conviction for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree is not an ACCA predicate offense, we vacate his sentence and remand for resentencing.

I. BACKGROUND

In November 2006, Kansas City, Missouri, police…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  3. James v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. United States v. HerrickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008

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3Cited by29 opinions

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  3. United States v. HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
  4. United States v. WilloughbyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
  5. United States v. MalloyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010

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