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JAMES v. U.S.

No. 05-9264.

127 S.Ct. 1586 (2007)

550 U.S. 192

167 L.Ed.2d 532

Alphonso JAMES, Jr., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig L. Crawford , Orlando, FL, for petitioner.

Jonathan L. Marcus , Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Jeffrey T. Green , Matthew J. Warren , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., R. Fletcher Peacock , Craig L. Crawford , Counsel of Record, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Orlando, Florida, for Petitioner.

Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Alice S. Fisher , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Jonathan L. Marcus , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Daniel S. Goodman , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States.

The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1) (2000 ed., Supp.IV), provides that a defendant convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of § 922(g), is subject to a mandatory sentence of 15 years of imprisonment if the defendant has three prior...

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