United States v. Thrower

*773The Government appeals from a February 13, 2017 judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Ross, J. ) reducing defendant William Thrower's sentence from 180 months to 120 months and ordering Thrower's immediate release on time served. The Government argues that the district court erred in concluding that Thrower's prior convictions for the New York offenses of robbery in the third degree and attempted robbery in the third degree do not qualify as predicate "violent felonies" under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), an…