Legal Opinion
Jose Emilio Ulloa Francisco v. U.S. Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2018No. 15-13223PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
*1123 The Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") provides that a person convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g) faces an enhanced sentence if he or she has three previous convictions for "violent felon[ies]." To determine whether a conviction qualifies as a violent felony, a court may look "only to the statutory definition[ ] of the prior offense[ ], and not to the particular facts underlying th[e] conviction[ ]." Taylor v. United States , 495 U.S. 575 , 600, 110 S.Ct. 2143 , 2159, 109 L.Ed.2d 607 (1990). In some cases, the statute under which the defendant was convicted…
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