United States v. White

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The Armed Career Criminal Act (the “ACCA”) provides that a defendant convicted of an 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) firearm offense shall be imprisoned for “not less than fifteen years” if he has three previous violent felony convictions. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). In this case, Demontrell Williams White pleaded guilty in the district court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in contravention of § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the court determined that White had three previous violent felony convictions and was thus an armed career criminal. As a result, the court applied the…