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U.S. v. CHATMAN

No. 87-5351.

869 F.2d 525 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Lee CHATMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Dean Steward, Federal Public Defenders, Santa Ana, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Harriet M. Rolnick, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FLETCHER, CANBY and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

INTRODUCTION

In 1984 the United States Congress enacted the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a) (repealed and later incorporated into 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)) ("the Act"). The Act provides a mandatory 15 year prison sentence for "a person who violates section 922(g) [firearm offense] ... and has three previous convictions by any court ... for a violent felony...." Violent felony is defined to include within its...

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