United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Fife, 09-2310
In a prosecution of a defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, district court's determination that defendant's prior convictions did not satisfy the requirements of the Armed Career Criminal Act and therefore that he was not subject to the increased sentence under that Act is reversed and remanded as the Illinois armed violent conviction is a violent offense under the ACCA, and combined with the two other violent offenses in his criminal history, the armed violence conviction renders defendant an armed career criminal under the ACCA.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/23/2010
- Decided 10/12/2010
- Published 10/12/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit