United States v. Shannon Wayne Tighe

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

This case is before us to review the legality of Tighe’s sentence, imposed pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), which mandates a minimum sentence of 15 years for any person who violates the felon-in-possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and who has three previous convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. Tighe claims that his sentence cannot stand because ACCA is unconstitutional in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, and because two of the prior offenses upon which the…