Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevin Earl Sneed
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 2010No. 09-13195PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HULL, Circuit Judge:
Kevin Earl Sneed appeals his 180-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana. On appeal, Sneed argues that his sentence was improperly enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (“ACCA”), because the district court used police reports to determine whether Sneed’s prior drug convictions were committed on different occasions and thus qualified as predicate felonies for the § 924(e) enhancement. After review, we conclude the district court erred in relying on non- Shepard approved records and thus vacate…
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