United States Fourth Circuit

Neither of two New Jersey convictions meets the definition of a "serious drug offense" to serve as predicate felonies for a sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. section 924(e).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2003
• Published 04/17/2003

Judges

• Before MICHAEL and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and Robert R. BEEZER, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Andrew Ross Mackenzie, Barrett & Mackenzie, L.L.C., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Rose Mary Parham, Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for Appellee.