Legal Opinion
United States v. Willoughby
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2011No. 10-3792PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Michael Willoughby pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Over Willoughby’s objection, the presentence investigation report (PSR) recommended that Willoughby be designated an “arme'd career criminal” under the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), based, in part, on his two prior Missouri convictions stemming from an incident in which he sold drugs to two individuals nearly simultaneously. Willoughby maintained that these two convictions were for offenses not sufficiently separate and distinct…
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