Duryane Chaney v. United States

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Duryane Chaney pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Because his criminal record included convictions for one "serious drug offense" and two "violent felon[ies]," Chaney was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Criminal Act's fifteen-year mandatory minimum. 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e)(1). On collateral review, Chaney argues that one of his three predicate convictions-a 1981 Michigan conviction for attempted unarmed robbery-does not qualify as a "violent felony" after…