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U.S. v. SAWYERS

No. 02-5835.

409 F.3d 732 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tyrice L. SAWYERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert D. Little, Law Office of Robert Little, Maplewood, New Jersey, for Appellant. Paul M. O'Brien, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert D. Little, Law Office of Robert Little, Maplewood, New Jersey, for Appellant. J. Gabriel Banks, Assistant United States Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Tyrice L. Sawyers, Atlanta, Georgia, pro se.

Before: MOORE and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.

OPINION

EDMUNDS, District Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Tyrice Sawyers appeals his conviction, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a), for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and his sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), and the sentencing guidelines. For the reasons that follow, the conviction is AFFIRMED. The district court erred, however, by employing the categorical approach when...

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