Legal Opinion
United States v. Leroy Rush A/K/A James Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1988No. 86-1811PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Leroy Rush appeals from his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a) (1982 and Supp. Ill 1985) (repealed 1986) and his sentencing by the district court 1 to fifteen years without parole. Rush first argues that the question of whether he had three prior convictions so as to require a fifteen year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 2 (ACCA) should have been submitted to the jury. After hearing oral argument before a panel, the court of its own motion referred this issue to the court en banc and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Samuel PettyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Kenneth Harold GourleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Mark Anthony CloydCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Joe PolkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Larry E. SteadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas L. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- United States v. David D. SchoolcraftCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Benjamin Thomas Tisdale, IIICourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Carl Leslie BuggsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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