United States v. James Sellers

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge SHEDD wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge KEENAN joined.

SHEDD, Circuit Judge:

A federal jury convicted James Morris Sellers of unlawfully possessing a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At sentencing, the district court determined that Sellers qualified as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), because his three prior South Carolina drug convictions were offenses “for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed by law.”

On appeal, Sellers contends…