Legal Opinion
Larry Cradler v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2018No. 17-5046PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAMON J. KEITH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant Larry Cradler ("Cradler") was sentenced as an armed career criminal pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"). Cradler collaterally attacked his sentence through a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, asking the district court to vacate his sentence and re-sentence him. The district court denied Cradler's motion, and this appeal followed. For the reasons set forth below, the district court's decision is REVERSED and the case is REMANDED .
I. FACTS
In 2008, a jury convicted Cradler of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (" §…
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