U.S. v. WHITE

No. 08-4492.

571 F.3d 365 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demontrell Williams WHITE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark Patrick Foster, Jr., Law Offices of Mark Foster, PC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Adam Christopher Morris, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gretchen C.F. Shappert, United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge DUNCAN joined.


OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA") provides that a defendant convicted of an 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) firearm offense shall be imprisoned for "not less than fifteen years" if he has three previous violent felony convictions. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). In this case, Demontrell Williams White pleaded guilty in the district court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in contravention of § 922(g)(1). At sentencing...

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