Legal Opinion

United States v. William Libby, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 26, 2018No. 17-1023PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Judge.

Defendant William Ike Libby, Jr. pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1), 924(e). Previously, Libby had been convicted of three separate offenses: first degree aggravated robbery and second degree assault in October 1997, and second degree drug sale in January 2010. The district court 2 considered each of Libby’s three previous convictions to be “violent felonies” or “serious drug offenses” and therefore found Libby subject to the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 924 (e). As a result, the district court…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  2. Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  3. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Moncrieffe v. HolderSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Abbott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. United States v. John GammellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
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