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United States v. Vincent Jay Letterlough

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 28, 1995No. 94-5571PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge LUTTIG joined.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the straightforward question of whether Vincent Letterlough committed three crimes “on occasions different from one another” under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e)(1) (West Supp.1995), 1 as implemented through U.S.S.G. 2 § 4B1.4. We affirm the armed career criminal enhancement imposed by the district court, and in doing so, join our sister circuits to conclude that the occasion test of § 924(e)(1) is…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. Edwin A. Towne, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
  2. United States v. Thomas L. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Benjamin Thomas Tisdale, IIICourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  4. United States v. Joel Roy BlackwoodCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Donald Lee PresleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by88 opinions

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