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U.S. v. GORDON

No. 08-1734.

557 F.3d 623 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George L. GORDON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Hunt, Kansas City, MO, argued, for appellant.

Stefan C. Hughes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, argued (John F. Wood, U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MELLOY, BEAM, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

George L. Gordon appeals his sentence after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The district court imposed a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), after finding Gordon had three prior convictions for "violent felon[ies]." Because we conclude Gordon's 2004 Missouri conviction for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree is not an ACCA...

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