United States Supreme Court

Sentence for guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. section 922(g), enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act for a "violent felony," a term defined by section 924(e)(2)(B)'s residual clause, is reversed where imposing an increased sentence under ACCA's residual clause violated the Due Process Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2015
• Published 06/26/2015

Judges

• Scalia

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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