Legal Opinion
Jerry Brown v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2019No. 17-1420PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAS, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is whether Jerry Brown's 1977 Missouri conviction of second-degree burglary is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Because we conclude that it is not, we remand for resentencing.
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In 2007, Brown pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court imposed a 15-year statutory-minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") because he had three previous convictions for "violent felon[ies]." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). One of them was a 1977 conviction under Missouri's since-repealed…
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