Legal Opinion

United States v. Conrad Blair

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 4, 2013No. 12-4427PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

Conrad Clinton Blair appeals a sentence imposed by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. His appeal implicates a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), and, in particular, presents the question of what are prior convictions for “violent felonfies] ... committed on occasions different from one another.... ” Because we conclude that Blair has at least three prior convictions for felonies committed on separate occasions, we will affirm.

I. Background

In 2011, Blair…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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