Legal Opinion
United States v. Melvin Nolan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 11, 2005No. 03-3811PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Melvin Nolan pled guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). The district court 1 sentenced him to 180 months, the mandatory minimum under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Nolan appeals the district court’s classification of his prior convictions for second-degree burglary and escape as violent felonies for purposes of imposing a sentence under the Section 924(e). We affirm.
On November 7, 2002, a federal grand jury…
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