Legal Opinion
United States v. Stitt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 2018No. 17–765; 17–766PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Armed Career Criminal Act requires a federal sentencing judge to impose upon certain persons convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm a 15-year minimum prison term. The judge is to impose that special sentence if the offender also has three prior convictions for certain violent or drug-related crimes. 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e). Those prior convictions include convictions for "burglary." § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii). And the question here is whether the statutory term "burglary" includes burglary of a structure or vehicle that has been adapted or is customarily *404 used for overnight accommodation. We…
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