Legal Opinion
United States v. Kelvin Esprit
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 2016No. 14-13066PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
In this direct appeal, we are tasked with deciding whether a prior conviction for burglary under Florida law may serve as a basis for an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). In light of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Johnson v. United States, — U.S.-, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), and Mathis v. United States, — U.S.-, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016), the government agrees with Kelvin Esprit, who is serving an ACCA-enhanced sentence, that his burglary convictions cannot support such a sentence. For the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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