United States v. Vann

This case presents the question whether Torrell Vann’s sentence for possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) was properly enhanced under ACCA for his three previous convictions under the North Carolina indecent liberties statute, N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-202.1. More specifically, we must determine whether each of Vann’s three previous convictions constitutes a “violent felony,” as that term is used in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2).

The district court concluded that Vann’s three previous convictions under the North Carolina indecent liberties statute constituted violent felonies and…