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United States v. Adam Longoria

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided November 1, 2017No. 16-17645PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Per curiam

Adam Longoria was convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon 1 and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison under an Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) sentence enhancement. 2 This ACCA. sentence enhancement, applicable when a defendant has “three previous convictions ... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both, committed on occasions different from one another,” 3 was based upon three previous serious drug-related convictions: two counts of distribution of cocaine 4 and one count of participation in a conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine. 5

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  2. Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. United States v. McAllisterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  5. 48 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 773, 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C 929 United States of America v. Clifford Kelly Pope, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. Joshua Reshi DudleyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
  2. United States v. Rico BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2025
  3. United States v. Jerome Curtis StancilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
  4. United States v. Michael TorresCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2020
  5. United States v. Rico BrownCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2023

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