U.S. v. COLEMAN

No. 10-6134.

656 F.3d 1089 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus Deon COLEMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 26, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Johnson , Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellant.

Jonathon E. Boatman , Assistant United States Attorney ( Sanford C. Coats , United States Attorney, and Ashley L. Altshuler , Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Appellee.

Before MURPHY, BRORBY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to determine whether drug-trafficking convictions that are initially adjudicated under Oklahoma's Youthful Offender Act qualify as "serious drug offenses" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). We conclude they do, and affirm.

I. Background

Marcus Deon Coleman's extensive criminal history began in 1998, when he was thirteen...

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