Legal Opinion
Robert Yates v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 2016No. 16-3048PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Thirteen years ago, Robert Yates was sentenced as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The district court concluded that he had six qualifying prior convictions; the statute provides that three or more require an enhanced sentence. After the Supreme Court held in Samuel Johnson v. United States, — U.S.-, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), that the “residual clause” in § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) is unconstitutionally vague, and made that decision retroactive, Welch v. United States, — U.S.-, 136 S.Ct. 1257, 194 L.Ed.2d 387 (2016), Yates filed this…
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