Legal Opinion
United States v. Young
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2009No. 08-1394PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIOI, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. SUTTON, J. (pp. 881-85), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part and concurring in the judgment.
OPINION
SARA LIOI, District Judge.
Defendant Michael Young (“Young”) appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), as well as his 15-year sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). For the reasons that follow, we affirm both the conviction and the sentence.
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