Legal Opinion
United States v. John W. Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 1997No. 96-1878PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
After pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon pursuant to a plea agreement, John Martinez was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He now appeals, arguing that he was improperly sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act because the district court erred in counting an earlier military court-martial as a felony. We affirm.
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A three-time convicted felon, John Martinez was arrested after selling firearms to an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Still unaware of the undercover agent’s true identity, and instead suspecting a…
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