Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Royal
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 1, 2013No. 18-1224PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIAZ, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Royal was convicted by a jury of unlawfully possessing ammunition after being previously convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the district court determined that Royal was an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), triggering a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence. The court sentenced him to 188 months’ imprisonment.
Royal advances three arguments on appeal. First, he contends the government failed to present sufficient…
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