United States Sixth Circuit
US v. Lancaster, 06-5668
In the context of criminal sentencing, a Kentucky state conviction for second-degree escape is a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/31/2007
- Published 08/31/2007
Judges
- Before: MOORE and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; McKINLEY, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ON BRIEF:M. Dianne Smothers, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. James W. Powell, Assistant United States Attorney, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.