Legal Opinion
Carnell Brown v. Ricardo Rios
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2012No. 11-1695PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The principal although not only issue presented by this appeal is the often vexing question of whether a conviction used to enhance a defendant’s sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act is a “violent felony” within the meaning of the Act. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The Act defines the term to mean either a felony that “has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another” or “is burglary, arson, or extortion, involves use of explosives, or otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Begay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- In Re James Davenport and Sherman NicholsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Chambers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- Sykes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Samuel Todd Taylor v. Charles R. Gilkey, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by128 opinions
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- Albert Williams v. Warden, Federal Bureau of PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Montana v. CrossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2016
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