Legal Opinion

Mullins v. United States

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided October 5, 2017No. 6:16-cv-03243Unknown

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHERN DIVISION BEN MULLINS, ) ) Petitioner, ) v. ) ) Case No. 16-03243-CV-S-RK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Crim. No. 6:04-cr-03106-RK-1 ) Respondent. ) ORDER Before the Court is Movant Ben Mullins (“Movant”)’s motion to vacate and correct his sentence as an armed career criminal under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, based on Johnson v. United States,

135 S. Ct. 2551

(2015). Because Johnson held that the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”)’s residual clause is unconstitutional, Movant argues he does not have three prior convictions…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. United States v. CantrellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  5. Richard Michael Day v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970

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