Legal Opinion

United States v. Luke Patterson

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 20, 2017No. 17-3706PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

In a prior appeal by Luke Patterson, we determined that “the district court should have sentenced him as an armed career criminal” because he had three previous convictions for a violent felony. The district court heeded those instructions on remand. We affirm.

In 2014, Akron police officers stopped Patterson’s car. They found an open container of alcohol and a stolen pistol inside it. The state and federal governments filed charges. In state court, Patterson pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and driving with a suspended license. In federal court, he…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. United States v. Luiz Ben ZviCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
  3. United States v. James E. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  4. United States v. Jackson C. O'dell, IIICourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  5. United States v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2017

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Frank RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  2. United States v. Fredis Reyes-ContrerasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2018
  3. United States v. Frank RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
  4. United States v. Michael HenryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
  5. United States v. Lawrence Dewaine SchumakerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2023

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