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U.S. v. KING

No. 10-2629.

643 F.3d 1003 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Branden L. KING, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Mullen (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ajay N. Shah (argued), Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Branden L. King of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and he was sentenced to 210 months' imprisonment. King challenges the sentencing court's application of the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA") as well as the sufficiency of the evidence used to prove possession. For the following reasons, we affirm King's conviction and sentence.

I. BACKGROUND

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