Legal Opinion
United States v. Harris
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 17, 2018No. Case No. 17-cr-20821PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
On January 24, 2018, Defendant Jacourtney Harris pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In connection with Harris' sentencing, a dispute arose over whether a guilty plea that Harris entered in 2014 in state court to a charge of unarmed robbery constitutes a "conviction" for a "crime of violence" as those terms are used in § 2K2.1(a)(4) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (the "Guidelines").
Harris entered the earlier plea under Michigan's Holmes Youthful Trainee Act (the "HYTA"),…
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