U.S. v. MASON

No. 05-3879.

440 F.3d 1056 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Ivan Excel MASON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Mehan, AUSA, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

John M. Lynch, argued, Clayton, MO, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.


RILEY, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court's decision not to sentence Ivan Excel Mason (Mason) as an armed career criminal under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), based on Mason's ten prior Missouri state drug offense convictions comprising seven separate drug sale events over nineteen days in October 1999. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 30, 2005, Mason pled...

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