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ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 10, 2011

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act

Do a defendant’s prior drug convictions qualify as “serious drug offenses” for purposes of a sentence enhancement under the federal career offender statute if the maximum state penalty didn’t reach the required ten years at the time of federal sentencing?

High Court takes up exception to sentencing enhancement statute 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 5, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, criminal, sentencing, Supreme Court, §924(c)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court took up a case Monday that considers whether jail time should run consecutively or concurrently under a sentence-enhancing law criminalizing the use or carrying of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence or drug trafficking.

ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: September 29, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, sentencing, violent felony

Does using a vehicle while knowingly or intentionally fleeing from a law enforcement

officer after being ordered to stop constitute a ‘violent felony” under the Armed Career

Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)?

Sykes v. U.S., No. 09-11311. Certiorari granted Sept. 28, 2010. Ruling below: 598 F.3d 334
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Court to rule whether use of vehicle is ‘violent felony’ 

By: Nora Tooher
Published: September 29, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, sentencing, violent felony

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether using a vehicle to flee from police after being ordered to stop constitutes a “violent felony” justifying a longer sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Juvenile conviction can be considered during career criminal sentencing 

By: Allison McAndrew
Published: August 13, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, sentencing

A defendant’s juvenile conviction for assault may be considered in determining whether he was an armed career criminal under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act, the 6th Circuit has ruled.

Justices rule in ‘violent felony’ case 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: March 2, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, sentencing

A defendant’s prior conviction for simple battery under state law didn’t justify an enhanced sentence under the federal career offender statute, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in vacating a sentence.

ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: March 2, 2010

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act

A defendant’s prior conviction for simple battery under state law didn’t justify an enhanced sentence under the federal career offender statute.

See “Justices rule in ‘violent felony’ case.”

U.S. Supreme Court. Johnson v. U.S., No. 08-6925. March 2 2010.
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When is a felony ‘violent’ enough? 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 6, 2009

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, sentencing, Supreme Court

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide when a prior conviction qualifies as a “violent felony” under a federal sentencing enhancement statute.

When is a ‘felony’ not a ‘violent felony’? 

By: Susan Bocamazo
Published: September 11, 2009

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide when a felony is a “violent” felony, for purposes of a sentencing enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Is battery a ‘violent’ felony? 

By: Reni Gertner
Published: March 16, 2009

Tags: Armed Career Criminal Act, battery

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a defendant’s prior conviction for felony battery constitutes a “violent” felony for the purpose of imposing a heightened sentence under the federal statute governing career criminals.