United States v. Christopher Ritchey

OPINION

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Christopher Ritchey appeals his sentence of fifteen years in prison pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based on several prior convictions of a Michigan breaking and entering statute, Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.110. This appeal requires us to address the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mathis v. United States, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016). Specifically, we must determine whether, in light of Mathis, a conviction under § 750.110 can qualify as a predicate “violent felony” under ACCA. Because the statute’s terms…