Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re: Wayne Anderson

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided July 22, 2016No. 16-14125-JPublished

1DissentMartin, Circuit Judge

Wayne Anderson was sentenced based on United States Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2, which contains the same 13 words that Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), made unconstitutional. The government agrees that Johnson invalidated the identical language of USSG § 4B1.2, at least on direct appeal. But our court ruled otherwise. See United States v. Matchett, 802 F.3d 1185 (11th Cir. 2015). I have written before that I believe “Matchett was wrongly decided.” In re Robinson, 822 F.3d 1196, 1198 n. 2 (11th Cir. 2016) (Martin, J., concurring). I. later…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. Welch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  3. Dodd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. United States v. Calvin MatchettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015

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