U.S. v. NIGG

No. 11-2340.

667 F.3d 929 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven J. NIGG, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Funnell (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Green Bay, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kirk B. Obear , Attorney, Sheboygan, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and PRATT, District Judge.


PRATT, District Judge.

Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), any person convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm who has "three previous convictions... for a violent felony ... committed on occasions different from one another" is subject to a mandatory minimum prison term of fifteen years. 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). On June 6, 2011, the district judge in this case sentenced Steven J. Nigg—who has three prior felony armed robbery convictions...

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