Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerard Solomon
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1993No. 92-2931PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial, Gerard Solomon was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court 1 enhanced his sentence pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Solomon appeals his sentence and we affirm.
I
In 1992, Solomon was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because he had three prior convictions, each of which the court found to be a violent felony as defined in the ACCA, the district court enhanced Solomon’s.sentence. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The three prior…
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