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U.S. v. HERBERT

No. 88-1260.

860 F.2d 620 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie HERBERT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Maynard, Asst. Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex. Lucien B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Janet Bauerle, Asst. U.S. Attys., Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, SNEED and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented in this appeal involves the proper meaning of the term "three previous convictions" in the Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. § 924(e)). The appellant contends that this term is ambiguous and must, therefore, be interpreted by referring to the legislative history of the Act. He further contends that the legislative history requires that the three previous felonies upon which a violation of 18 U.S.C. is predicated be ...

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