United States Fourth Circuit

In a prosecution of a defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's imposition of an enhanced sentence based on a prior conviction is vacated and remanded as, defendant's Alford plea to a second-degree assault did not necessarily rest on facts establishing his participation in a type of assault that qualifies as a violent felony.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/25/2010
• Decided 07/02/2010
• Published 07/02/2010

Judges

• NIEMEYER

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Meghan Suzanne Skelton, George Jarrod Hazel