Legal Opinion
United States v. Corey Townsend
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 30, 2018No. 16-6443PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Corey Townsend filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the lawfulness of his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") in light of Johnson v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 2551 , 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), which held that the residual clause of the ACCA was unconstitutionally vague. The district court dismissed Townsend's motion. Because Townsend's prior conviction for North Carolina assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury is categorically a violent felony under the force clause of the ACCA, we affirm.
2Cases cited25 opinions
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