Legal Opinion
United States v. Pettiford
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2010No. 09-4119APublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge WILKINSON joined.
OPINION
DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellee Antoine Jerome Pettiford pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and received an enhanced sentence of 188 months’ imprisonment, in part because he had five prior convictions which qualified him as a career criminal under the provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act (the “ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Two of the five state court convictions…
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