Legal Opinion

United States v. Singleton

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 2017No. CRIMINAL NO. 10-578-1PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

MCHUGH, J.

This case arises out of a 15-year mandatory sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) that was imposed before the Supreme Court’s decision in Mathis v. United States, — U.S. —, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016). The predicate “violent felony” offenses for that sentence were convictions for first-degree robbery under 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3701(a) (1) (i) — (iii), a statute that defines robbery in such a way as to allow for. the possibility of conviction for conduct that, after Johnson v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), no…

2Cases cited34 opinions

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  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by8 opinions

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