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United States v. William Davis

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided July 23, 2012No. 11-6301PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published PER CURIAM opinion. Senior Judge KISER wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

2Per curiam

William Davis pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and received a fifteen-year mandatory-minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). Both in his plea agreement and at his plea hearing, Davis was advised incorrectly that he faced a maximum sentence of only ten years. Davis contends that this error constitutes a breach of his plea agreement and asks us to order that he receive the ten-year sentence described incorrectly as his statutory maximum.…

3Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  3. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. James v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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4Cited by32 opinions

  1. United States v. Larry CopelandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2013
  2. United States v. Desmond WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016
  3. United States v. Brandon TateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2017
  4. United States v. Romelus MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
  5. United States v. Joseph SymingtonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015

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