United States v. Hammons

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TRAGER, District Judge.

Defendant Ricky Hammons has been charged with being a felon-in-possession of a firearm. The government has notified him of its intention to seek a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(e). Hammons challenges whether his previous state felony convictions qualify as predicate convictions under ACCA, because under state law, these felonies no longer have the mandatory maximum sentence of ten or more years. Hammons and the government have consented to have this issue decided prior to trial.(1)

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