Legal Opinion
United States v. Cecil Richardson, A/K/A Syed Richardson Cecil Richardson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 13, 2002No. 01-1517PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BARRY, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon to decide an issue which no court of appeals, including our own, has yet discussed, much less decided. Simply stated, the issue before us for decision is whether, when a juvenile adjudication is invoked to enhance a sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the sentencing court is required to look only to the fact of conviction and the statutory definition of the prior offense — the “categorical approach” — or whether it may look to the conduct in which the juvenile engaged and make a factual determination that the juvenile…
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- United States v. Dale M. Preston, A/K/A Jami Mansour ShabazzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by19 opinions
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