United States v. Dominic Irons

WRIGHT, District Judge.

Following his conviction of unlawful possession of a firearm, Dominic Irons appeals the district court’s imposition of a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C.' § 924(e). The district court 2 determined that, because Irons has at least three prior violent felony convictions, he is subject to a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence. Irons contends that the district court erred by (1) employing the modified categorical approach to determine whether his state conviction qualifies as a predicate violent offense, (2)…