Legal Opinion
United States v. Matthews
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 29, 2011No. 09-2258PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, defendant-appellant Larry Matthews attempts to challenge a sentencing enhancement imposed pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). We conclude that the law of the case doctrine bars the attempted challenge.
The background facts are catalogued in considerable detail in our earlier opinion in this case, see United States v. Matthews (Matthews I), 498 F.3d 25, 29-30 (1st Cir. 2007), and we assume the reader’s familiarity with that account. We rehearse here only those facts needed to bring the law of the case issue into focus.
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