Legal Opinion
United States v. Calvin Matchett
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 2015No. 14-10396PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents an issue of first impression for this Court: whether the vagueness doctrine of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment applies to the advisory Sentencing Guidelines. Calvin Matchett pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and now challenges both the denial of his motion to suppress the firearm and the calculation of his sentence. Police Officer Jesse Smith stopped Match-ett when he saw Matchett carrying a flat-screen television in a residential neighborhood on a weekday morning. After speaking…
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