Legal Opinion
United States v. Aaron Deshon Spears
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 2006No. 04-13297PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant Aaron Deshon Spears appeals his 200-month sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e). The district court enhanced Defendant’s sentence under section 924(e), the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), because it found that Defendant had three qualifying prior convictions: two felony convictions for robbery with a deadly weapon and one felony conviction for sale or delivery of cocaine.
Defendant argues on appeal that the district court improperly enhanced Defendant’s sentence under section 924(e) because (1) the two…
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