Legal Opinion
United States v. Sacko
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 2001No. 00-1889PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Appellant George Sacko pled guilty in 1997 to possession of firearms and silencer by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d). His sentence was enhanced pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based in part on a prior conviction for statutory rape. 1 Sacko appealed, and this Court remanded so that the district court “could take evidence on the issue whether the crime of sexual penetration of a fourteen-year-old by someone over the age of eighteen involves conduct presenting a serious potential risk of…
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