Legal Opinion
United States v. Ker Yang
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2015No. 14-3688PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Ker Yang pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court then found that Yang had three felony convictions that could be classified as violent under the Armed Career Criminal Act, often called ACCA. The court imposed the resulting mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years in prison. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Yang appeals, arguing that one of the three felony convictions cannot be a violent felony under ACCA. The state court document recording the conviction did not clearly identify the statute of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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