United States v. Derrick Ball

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns whether a Kentucky conviction for fleeing in a motor vehicle from the police qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). In 2013, Derrick Ball pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court enhanced his sentence under the ACCA on account of three previous Kentucky state convictions: (1) 1st degree trafficking in a controlled substance in Boyle County; (2) 1st degree fleeing or evading police in Boyle County; and (3) 1st degree fleeing or evading police…