COMMONWEALTH v. RUSSELL

No. 92-P-619.

37 Mass. App. Ct. 152 (1994)

638 N.E.2d 37

COMMONWEALTH vs. ROBERT W. RUSSELL.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Cox for the defendant.

Jill P. Furman, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: BROWN, SMITH, & GREENBERG, JJ.


SMITH, J.

In 1991, the defendant was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the crime of possession of a firearm. The defendant was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) (1988), which mandates enhanced prison sentences for defendants convicted of Federal firearm charges who have at least "three previous convictions ... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense, or both, committed on...

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