Legal Opinion
United States v. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 27, 2008No. Docket 05-6048-crPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant David Lynch appeals from the portion of a judgment of conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard M. Berman, Judge) that sentenced him to the statutory minimum of fifteen years’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (“ACCA”), based on three prior violent felony convictions. On appeal, Lynch argues that two of the prior offenses, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted burglary, are not “violent felonies” within the ambit of the ACCA. We agree with the district court…
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