REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals the district court's refusal to sentence Randolph Parker to a fifteen-year term of imprisonment upon his conviction of possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). We conclude that, in determining whether a prior conviction following a jury trial was a "violent felony" for purposes of the armed career criminal provision, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), the sentencing court may not resort to the charging...
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