United States v. Obie Terrell Sumlin

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Obie Sumlin pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and was sentenced to 183 months as an armed career criminal. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). On appeal Sumlin challenges the application of the § 924(e)(1) enhancement. We affirm.

The armed career criminal statute provides that anyone “who violates section 922(g) of [title 18] and has three previous convictions.... for a violent felony ... shall be ... imprisoned not less than fifteen years.” 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). The statutory enhancement in § 924 is thus triggered by convictions…