Legal Opinion
Augustus Light v. John Caraway
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2014No. 13-1554PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
In 2003, Petitioner-Appellant Augustus Light was convicted in Minnesota federal district court on one count of firearm possession by a felon. The presentence investigation report (“PSR”) prepared by the probation office suggested that Light should be treated as an “armed career criminal” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (“ACCA”), and subject to the corresponding offense level and criminal history category boosts provided by § 4B1.4 of the Sentencing Guidelines. These enhancements apply when a defendant has “three previous convictions ... for a…
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