United States Fifth Circuit

Sentence for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is vacated and remanded where prior state convictions for burglary did not constitute violent felonies for sentence-enhancement purposes. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2008
• Published 10/28/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julia Bowen Stern, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S., Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., H. Michael Sokolow, Molly E. Odom, Houston, TX, for Constante.