Legal Opinion
United States v. Dontey Tucker
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 21, 2012No. 12-1483PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Dontey Tucker appeals the sentence imposed by the District Court following his conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (2006). His appeal presents only one question: Whether Tucker’s two prior Pennsylvania drug convictions qualify as “serious drug offenses” for purposes of sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (2006) (“the ACCA”).
I. Background
In 2007, a federal grand jury indicted Tucker and twenty-one others with participating in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute cocaine, along with related drug and…
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