Legal Opinion
United States v. Tavares Chandler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 20, 2014No. 12-10331PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Tavares Chandler pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the district court concluded that Chandler had been convicted of three “violent felonies,” as defined by the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), and sentenced Chandler to a term of 235 months’ imprisonment. Chandler does not contest his extensive criminal history, but he contends that the district court erred in concluding that he had been convicted of three violent felonies. Because we conclude that all three prior convictions are violent felonies únder the…
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