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U.S. v. MATHEWS

No. 05-1665.

453 F.3d 830 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Presse D. MATHEWS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin S. Bruce (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan E. Hawley (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, Tiffani D. Johnson, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Lisa Madigan, pro se, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Presse Mathews, Jr. pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court determined that he previously had committed three violent felonies and, as a result, sentenced him under the Armed Career Criminal Act, see id. § 924(e)(1). In this appeal, Mr. Mathews contends that one of these prior felonies should not have been classified...

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