Legal Opinion
Charles Woods v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2015No. 15-3531PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Charles Woods seeks authorization to file a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, asserting the Supreme Court established a new rule made retroactive when it held in Johnson v. United States that the “residual clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) is unconstitutional. 576 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015). The government joins his motion. We grant Woods authorization to file a successive § 2255 petition.
In October 2002, a jury convicted Woods of being a felon in possession of a firearm and a felon in possession of ammunition, both in violation of 18 U.S.C § 922(g)(1), and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Kamil Hakeem Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
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