Legal Opinion
United States v. Richardson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 11, 1999No. 97-6418PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Anthony James Richardson (“Richardson”), appeals his sentence imposed by the district court under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (1984), for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). For the reasons stated below, we vacate his sentence and remand for resen-tencing.
I. BACKGROUND FACTS
Richardson possessed a firearm as a felon on December 31, 1995 (“the § 922(g) violation”). He pleaded guilty in January 1997 and was sentenced in April 1997. The pre-sentence investigation report (“PSI”) stated…
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