United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminla Act (ACCA) are affirmed as fleeing from police in a vehicle in violation of Ind. Code section 35-44-3-3(b)(1)(A) is sufficiently similar to ACCA's enumerated crimes in kind, as well as the degree of risk posed, and counts as a violent felony under the ACCA.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2009
• Decided 03/12/2010
• Published 03/12/2010

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Matthew J. Rinka, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James C. McKinley, Attorney, Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.