United States of America v. Akil Dorsey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. No. 07-cr-0404-ABA1 AKIL DORSEY MEMORANDUM OPINION In 2009, Akil Asim Dorsey, Sr., pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The sentencing court concluded that because of Mr. Dorsey’s prior convictions, under the law at that time the statutory minimum sentence was 15 years, and sentenced him to 25 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release. Mr. Dorsey has filed a motion under

28 U.S.C. § 2255

for a ruling that based on intervening Supreme Court caselaw, his prior convictions at the…