United States Fifth Circuit

A sentence imposed following defendant's conviction for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court erred in sentencing him as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA); 2) section 924(e) of the ACCA violates the due process clause; and 3) his sentence infringes on his Eighth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/02/2007
• Published 10/02/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before WIENER, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tony Ray Roberts, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S., Timothy J. McCoy, Corpus Christi, TX, for Helm.