Legal Opinion
United States v. King
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 26, 2010No. 08-3822PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
James Andrew King pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court found that King had three previous convictions for violent felony offenses and was therefore subject to a minimum term of 180 months’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The court sentenced King to the statutory minimum. The question presented in this appeal is whether King’s adjudication of juvenile delinquency in 1995 qualifies as a conviction for a violent felony. Because we find that question cannot be answered…
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