Legal Opinion
United States v. James Dean Anderson
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 13, 1990No. 90-1620PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The government seeks to persuade us that the district court erred in refusing to sentence defendant-appellee James Dean Anderson under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (1988). We are convinced and therefore vacate ap-pellee’s sentence.
BACKGROUND
Anderson and a codefendant, Cox, were the subjects of a five count indictment preferred by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire. Anderson was charged with two “firearms possession” counts (i.e., being a convicted felon in possession of firearms which had travelled in interstate commerce, in violation of 18…
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