United States Fourth Circuit

Sentence of 180 months' imprisonment for one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition is affirmed over claim that the district court erred in sentencing defendant under the Armed Career Criminal Act, as one of his prior convictions does not meet the requirements of the ACCA since he received a sentence for the conviction under South Carolina's Youthful Offender Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2007
• Published 11/15/2007

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, SHEDD, Circuit Judge, and ROBERT E. PAYNE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Langdon Dwight Long, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Tara L. McGregor, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Charles Sochran, First Year Law Student, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.  Reginald I. Lloyd, United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.