U.S. v. SCHNEIDER

No. 10-15863.

681 F.3d 1273 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl SCHNEIDER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Thomas Rivero , Anne Ruth Schultz , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Carol Herman , Kathleen Mary Salyer , Jared M. Strauss , U.S. Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Beatriz Galbe Bronis , Michael Caruso , Fed. Pub. Def., Fed. Pub. Defender's Office, Miami, FL, Ricardo Bascuas , University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and FAY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

We address whether a Florida conviction for false imprisonment is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Facts and Procedural History

Carl Schneider sold fifty oxycodone pills to a confidential informant and an undercover police officer on July 9, 2009. He was under surveillance during the sale and was quickly apprehended after it as he drove away. Detectives...

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